Arthur Ballard

Arthur Henry Ballard  (9 March 1912 – 2 February 1984) was an Anglican priest in the last third of the 20th century.

He was educated at St John's College, Durham and ordained in 1939. After a curacy in Walthamstow he held incumbencies in Broughton and Stand. He was Rural Dean of Prestwich from 1952 to 1967; Archdeacon of Rochdale from 1966 to 1972; and then of Manchester from then until 1980.

His son, Andrew Edgar Ballard, was also Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 2005 to 2009.