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Archdeacon of Dudley

The archdeaconry of Dudley was created by Order in Council on 11 February 1921 from the Worcester archdeaconry and named after the town of Dudley.^[2] It consists of the deaneries of Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Kidderminster, Kingswinford, Stourbridge and Stourport.^[3]

The present Archdeacon of Dudley is the Venerable Nikki Groarke, formerly vicar of St Stephen's Church, Canonbury, Islington, in the Diocese of London; she is the first woman to hold the post and was installed on 5 January 2014.

• 1921–1934 (d.): Sydney James^[4]
• 1934–1951 (ret.): Arthur Shepherd (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[5]
• 1951–1968 (ret.): Alfred Hurley (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[6]
• 1968–1975 (res.): John Williams (afterwards Archdeacon of Worcester)^[7]
• 1976–1984 (res.): Christopher Campling (afterwards Dean of Ripon)^[8][9]
• 1985–1986 (res.): Robin Bennett^[10]
• 1987–2001 (ret.): John Gathercole^[11]
• 2001–September 2013 (ret.): Fred Trethewey^[12]
• 2014-present: Nikki Groarke^[13]

• Bishop of Worcester
• Worcester Cathedral

• Worcester Diocesan website
• Church of England Statistics 2002 Archived 3 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine