John Oliver (Archdeacon of Leeds)

John Michael Oliver (b 7 September 1939) was Archdeacon of Leeds from 1992 to 2005.^[1]

Oliver was educated at Ripon Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1965. After curacies in Harrogate and Bramley he was Vicar of St Mary, Harrogate from 1972 to 1978; then St Mary with St David, Beeston until 1992. He was Ecumenical Officer for Leeds from 1980 to 1986; Rural Dean of Armley from 1986 to 1992; and an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral from 1987 to 1992.^[2]

Notes

↑ ‘OLIVER, Ven. John Michael’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, November 2014 accessed 3 November 2015
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2000-2001 p 541 London, Church House Publishing, 2000 ISBN 0715181068

Archdeacons of Leeds

Archdeacons of Ripon	Arthur Waugh Lucius Smith (became Archdeacon of Leeds)

Lucius Smith (previously Archdeacon of Ripon) Paul de Labilliere Donald Bartlett Lovell Clarke Charles Ellison Alfred Page Tony Comber John Oliver Peter Burrows Paul Hooper Arani Sen (acting) Paul Ayers (announced)

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds

Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield James Bell, Bishop of Ripon Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford

Other bishops	Paul Slater, Bishop of Richmond (assistant area bishop, Leeds Episcopal Area & assistant to the diocesan) AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield

Deans	Jonathan Greener, Dean of Wakefield (presiding dean) Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford John Dobson, Dean of Ripon

Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Beverley Mason, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Arani Sen, Acting Archdeacon of Leeds Paul Ayers, Archdeacon-designate of Leeds

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishop of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999)
diocesan Bishop of Wakefield (1888–2014)
diocesan Bishop of Bradford (1919–2014)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

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