Archdeacon of Aston

The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906 and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024.

List of archdeacons

 * 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen
 * 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse
 * 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner
 * 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards
 * 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)
 * 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)
 * 1954–1955: vacant
 * 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop
 * 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
 * 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)
 * 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper
 * 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
 * 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell
 * 16 November 2014 – 30 September 2022 (res.): Simon Heathfield
 * 14 July 2024 - Present: Phelim O'Hare