There are seven archdeacons for the Diocese in Europe. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that archdeaons in our diocese are first vicars/rectors (stilled referred to anachronistically as chaplains) of usually larger churches in our diocese, who later are invited by the bishop to also take up the responsibilities of an archdeacon. The second reason has to do with the geographical spread of our diocese. The diocese covers all of mainland Europe together with parts of Asia and North Africa. This way of pastoring and administering the diocese was envisaged back in the seventies before the end of the Cold War, the expansion of the European Union and the migration of Britons to various warmer climes within Europe and Turkey. For many years the diocese has been looking at new ways to pastor and administer the diocese wanting to take up more fully the mission opportunities that are presenting themselves.
The archdeacons from left to right: Jonathan LLoyd (Germany and Northern Europe), Peter Potter (Switzerland), David Sutch (Gibraltar), John de Wit (North West Europe), Patrick Curran (Eastern) and Kenneth Letts (France). That makes six! The missing archdeacon is Jonathan Boardman (Italy and Malta).
