The Archdeacon of Totnes or Totton is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter and under the oversight of the Bishop suffragan of Plymouth.

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The first recorded archdeacon of Exeter occurs in 1083, around the time when archdeacons were first appointed in Britain. Around that time, the Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries: Exeter, Cornwall, Totnes (or Totton) and Barnstaple (or Barum). This configuration of archdeaconries within the diocese remained for almost 800 years, until the creation of the independent Diocese of Truro from the Cornwall archdeaconry.[1] On 22 March 1918, the archdeaconries were reconfigured and the Archdeaconry of Plymouth created from Totnes archdeaconry.[2] Presently, the diocese operates an informal 'area scheme' such that responsibility for roughly half the diocese is delegated to each suffragan bishop: special oversight is given to the Bishop of Crediton for the Barnstaple and Exeter archdeaconries and to the Bishop of Plymouth for the Plymouth and Totnes archdeaconries.[3]

The archdeacon oversees the deaneries of Moreton, Newton Abbot and Ipplepen, Okehampton, Torbay, Totnes and Woodleigh, in Devon, southwest England.

List of archdeacons

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 24394". The London Gazette. 15 December 1876. p. 6933.
  2. ^ "No. 30591". The London Gazette. 22 March 1918. pp. 3624–3625.
  3. ^ Diocese of Exeter – Vacancy in the Suffragan See of Crediton[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d Wright 1889, p. 147.
  5. ^ a b c Wright 1889, p. 148.
  6. ^ http://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/misericordias-domini-in-aeternum.html [user-generated source]
  7. ^ "Wilkinson, Charles Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Simms, Arthur Hennell". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ "Leeke, Thomas Newton". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ "Cobham, John Lawrence". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Hall, Edgar Francis". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "Hawkins, John Stanley". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ^ "Newhouse, (Robert) John (Darrell)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. ^ "Lucas, John Michael". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  15. ^ "Hawkins, Richard Stephen". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  16. ^ "Tremlett, Anthony Frank". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  17. ^ "Gilpin, Richard Thomas". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  18. ^ "Rawlings, John Edmund Frank". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  19. ^ Diocese of Exeter – New archdeacons for Totnes and Barnstaple announced Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine & ad clerum (Accessed 2 January 2015)

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