Archdeacon of Auckland

The archdeaconry of Auckland is a post in the Church of England Diocese of Durham. It was created from the Archdeaconry of Durham by Order-in-Council on 23 May 1882, when the Diocese of Newcastle was created from Durham's other two archdeaconries.

List of archdeacons

 * June – November 1882: Henry Watkins
 * 1882-1907: Robert Long
 * 1908-1914: Edwin Price
 * 1914–1928: Percy Derry
 * 1929–1936: Alfred Rawlinson, Canon of Durham and bishop's examining chaplain (afterwards Bishop of Derby)
 * 1936–1943: Leslie Owen (Bishop suffragan of Jarrow from 1939; afterwards Bishop suffragan of Maidstone and Bishop of Lincoln)
 * 1944–1949: Colin Dunlop, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow (afterwards Dean of Lincoln)
 * 1950–1958: John Ramsbotham, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow
 * 1958–1973: Charles Stranks
 * 1974–1983: George Marchant
 * 1983–1993: Derek Hodgson (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham)
 * 1993–2001: Granville Gibson
 * 2001–2006: Ian Jagger (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham)
 * 2007–2017: Nick Barker
 * 18 February 2018 – present: Rick Simpson