John Alford (priest) - Misplaced Pages

John Richard Alford (21 June 1919 – 27 February 1995) was a Church of England priest. He was the Archdeacon of Halifax from 1972 to 1984.

References

Church news The Times (London, England), Friday, 12 May 1972; p. 13; Issue 58476
Church news The Times (London, England), Thursday, 1 November 1984; p. 18; Issue 61975
Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
‘ALFORD, Ven. John Richard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 December 2014

Church of England titles
Preceded byJohn Lister	Archdeacon of Halifax 1972–1984	Succeeded byAlan Chesters

v t e Archdeacons of Huddersfield and of Halifax
Huddersfield	Norman Straton William Donne Richard Harvey (became Archdeacon of Halifax)
Halifax (new)	Richard Harvey (previously Archdeacon of Huddersfield) Albert Baines Arthur Morris Eric Treacy John Lister John Alford Alan Chesters David Hallatt Richard Inwood Robert Freeman Anne Dawtry Bill Braviner

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds) Smitha Prasadam, Bishop of Huddersfield Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon Bishop of Wakefield (vacant)
Other bishops	AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Deans	John Dobson, Dean of Ripon Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield Andy Bowerman, Dean of Bradford
Archdeacons	Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds Jonathan Gough, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Bill Braviner, Archdeacon of Halifax Cat Thatcher, Archdeacon of Pontefract

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirkstall)
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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