Archdeacon of Bath

The Archdeacon of Bath is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells. The post, having oversight over the archdeaconry of Bath, has existed since the twelfth century. The archdeaconry includes five deaneries.

List of archdeacons

Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around 1086; see Archdeacon of Wells.

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v t Archdeacons of Bath
High Medieval	Gerbert Martin Thomas (I) Baldwin John Comyn Peter of Blois John of Colchester Hugh of Wells Nicholas de Neville Henry Tessun Nicholas Tessun Robert de Chauncy John de Cheam Walter de Merton Thomas (II) Ralph de Wicham/Wikham Thomas of Axbridge Iterius Bochard of Angoulême
Late Medieval	Henry of Sandwich Matthew de Valenciis Walter de Hulle John Power Hugh Herle Ranulf de Gorce de Monterac Roger Harewell Thomas Warde William Sprever Hugh Sugar/Norris Richard Lichefeld William Cosyn Thomas Beaumont
Early modern	John Pikman Thomas Tomyow Robert Shorton Walter Cretyng James Bonde Tobias Matthew William Powell Timothy Revett William Piers William Davis John Sellick William Clement William Hunt Lawson Huddleston Samuel Squire Thomas Camplin John Chapman Edmund Lovell
Late modern	James Phillott George Trevelyan Josiah Thomas Charles Moysey William Brymer William Gunning Robert Browne Hilton Bothamley Lancelot Fish Sydney Boyd William Selwyn Edwin Cook Arthur Hopley Tom Baker John Burgess Bob Evens Andy Piggott Chris Hare (acting) Adrian Youings Charlie Peer

v t Diocese of Bath and Wells
Wells Cathedral Bishop's Palace, Wells Bath Abbey Glastonbury Abbey (ruins)
Office holders	Michael Beasley, Bishop of Bath and Wells Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Taunton and Acting Bishop of Coventry AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Toby Wright, Dean of Wells Simon Hill, Archdeacon of Taunton Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Charlie Peer, Archdeacon of Bath
Historic offices	For the Bishops of Wells (10th century–1090), Bishops of Bath (1090–1197 & 1219–1245) and Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury (1197–1219), see Bishop of Bath and Wells
Benefices and parishes	List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells