Archdeacon of Hackney

The Archdeacon of Hackney is a senior Anglican priest serving the diocese of London, responsible for disciplinary and pastoral supervision of the clergy within its three area deaneries: Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets.

Created from the archdeaconry of London by Order-in-Council on 2 March 1951, at its erection the archdeaconry comprised the rural deaneries of Bethnal Green, of Hackney and Stoke Newington, of Islington, of Poplar and of Stepney.

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