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The Archdeacon of Canterbury is an office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. Like other archdeacons, he or she is an administrator in the diocese at large (having oversight of parishes in roughly half the diocese) and is a Canon Residentiary of the cathedral.

Furthermore, the Archdeacon of Canterbury has an additional role beyond that of other archdeacons, traditionally serving as the Archbishop of Canterbury's representative at enthronement ceremonies for new diocesan bishops in his province. At these services, he or she reads the Archbishop's mandate and, taking the new bishop by the hand, conducts him on to his throne.

The present incumbent is Sheila Watson.

Medieval

 * John 1115-1125, later Bishop of Rochester
 * Walter 1139-1148, later Bishop of Rochester
 * Roger de Pont L'Evêque 1148–1154, later Archbishop of York
 * Thomas Becket 1154–1162, later Archbishop of Canterbury
 * Geoffrey Ridel 1163–1173 later Bishop of Ely
 * Herbert Poore 1176–1194 later Bishop of Salisbury
 * Philip of Poitou 1194–1195 later Bishop of Durham
 * Henry Sandford 1213-1226 later Bishop of Rochester
 * William Middleton 1275-1278 later Bishop of Norwich
 * Prospero Colonna June 1424 to December 1434

16th century

 * Hugh Peynthwyn, 1495–1504
 * William Warham, 1505–1534
 * Edmund Cranmer, 1534–1554
 * Nicholas Harpsfield, 1554–1559
 * Edmund Guest, 1559–1564, Bishop of Rochester and subsequently Bishop of Salisbury
 * Edmund Freake 1564–1576, Bishop of Rochester, subsequently Bishop of Norwich and then Bishop of Worcester
 * William Redman, 1576–1594, subsequently Bishop of Norwich

17th century

 * Charles Fotherby, 1595–1619, subsequently Dean of Canterbury
 * William Kingsley, 1619–1648
 * interregnum
 * George Hall, 1660–1668, Bishop of Chester
 * William Sancroft, 1668–1670, later Archbishop of Canterbury
 * Samuel Parker, 1670–1688, also Bishop of Oxford
 * John Battely, 1688–1708

18th century

 * Samuel Lisle, 1724–1743, later Bishop of St Asaph and then Bishop of Norwich

19th century

 * Hugh Percy, 1822–1825, later Bishop of Carlisle


 * Edward Parry, 1869–1870, later Suffragan Bishop of Dover

1900-present

 * Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson, 1918–1924, later Bishop of Ely


 * John Lawrence Pritchard, 1996–2002, later Bishop of Oxford
 * Patrick Evans, 2002–2007
 * Sheila Watson, 2007–

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Thomas Green D.D. 1708-1721.

Coll. 28 Oct. 1708 (Lamb., Reg. Tenison II f. 193). Instal. 3 Nov. (AC 1670-1710 f. 228v). Bp. of Norwich 1721.

Thomas Bowers D.D. 1721-1724.

Pres. by king; instit. by abp. 7 Nov. 1721 (Lamb., Reg. Wake 1 f. 318). Instal. 21 Nov. (AC 1711-26 f. 109). Bp. of Chichester 1722, but held archdcnry in commendam to d. 23 Aug. 1724 (m.i., Chichester cath.) (Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 5699 f. 351/p. 759; Lamb., Reg. Wake 1 ff. 332v-333).

Samuel Lisle D.D. 1724-1748.

Coll. 1 Sept. 1724 (Lamb., Reg. Wake 1 ff. 332v-333). Instal. 10 Sept. (AC 1711-26 f. 153v). Bp. of St. Asaph 1744, but held archdcnry in commendam until trans. to Norwich 1748.

John Head M.A. 1748-1769.

Pres. by king; instit. by abp. 9 Apr. 1748 (Lamb., Reg. Potter f. 280). Instal. 15 Apr. (AC 1746-60 f. 26). Pres. by king pubd. 30 Apr. (Lond. Gaz. no. 8734). Succeeded to baronetcy 1768 (Complete Baronetage IV 76-7). D. 4 Dec. 1769 (Gent. Mag. 1769, xxxix 608; Lamb., Reg. Cornwallis f. 406v).

William Backhouse M.A. 1769-1788.

Coll. 13 Dec. 1769 (Lamb., Reg. Cornwallis f. 406v). Instal. by proxy 18 Dec. (AC 1761-75 pp. 220-1). D. 29 Sept. 1788 (Gent. Mag. 1788, lviii (2) 936; Lamb., Reg. Moore ff. 520v-521).

John Lynch D.C.L. 1788-1803.

Coll. 7 Nov. 1788 (Lamb., Reg. Moore ff. 520v-521). Instal. by proxy 11 Nov. (AC 1775-93 pp. 366-7). D. 1 May 1803 (Gent. Mag. 1803, lxxiii (1) 485; Lamb., Reg. Moore f. 571v).

Houstonne Radcliffe D.D. 1803-1822.

Coll. 19 May 1803 (Lamb., Reg. Moore f. 571v). Instal. 30 May (AC 1794-1824 pp. 119-20). D. 8 Apr. 1822 (Gent. Mag. 1822, xcii (1) 380; Lamb., Reg. Sutton II f. 58r-v).d

Hon. Hugh Percy M.A. 1822-1825.

Coll. 26 Apr. 1822 (Lamb., Reg. Sutton II f. 58r-v). Instal. 13 May (AC 1794-1824 pp. 412-13). Dean of Canterbury 1825, and res. archdcnry by 18 June (Lamb., Reg. Sutton II f. 65v).

James Croft M.A. 1825-1869.

Coll. 18 June 1825 (Lamb., Reg. Sutton II f. 65v). Instal. 23 June (AC 1824-54 pp. 9-10). Croft's preb. (4th) permanently annexed to archdcnry of Canterbury by Stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c. 113 and Order in Council 10 Nov. 1852 (Lond. Gaz. no. 21390). D. 9 May 1869 (The Times, 11 May p. II; Lamb., Reg. Tait p. 496).