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Archdeacon of Norfolk

Vacancy Reference cofe/TP/72127/10296

Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Office Holder
Salary/Stipend:
Location:
Diocese of Norwich
Closing Date:
26/06/2026
Vacancy Category:
Clergy: Archdeacon
Business Unit:
Diocese of Norwich
Organizational Unit:
Church Commissioners

Introduction

The Bishop of Norwich, in collaboration with the Bishop of Thetford, seeks an 

Archdeacon of Norfolk

to serve an archdeaconry comprising market towns and rural and coastal communities in south and east Norfolk, and the Waveney part of Suffolk. 

We are looking for a prayerful priest who will contribute warmly to our life together, who will relish seeking solutions, identifying opportunities, working to mend divisions, and blowing on embers, and who shows:

  • collaborative and trusted leadership
  • strong pastoral and missional commitment
  • strategic thinking and organisational awareness
  • gifted communication and public representative abilities
  • personal resilience, integrity and safeguarding commitment
  • practical competence and leadership enabling skills

The Bishop of Norwich encourages applications from diverse backgrounds as a way of discerning God’s will and calling. 

Further details on Pathways and at www.dioceseofnorwich.org/about/clergy-vacancies/

Closing date: 4pm, 26th June, with applications sent to sophie.bell@dioceseofnorwich.org Interviews will be held in Norwich on 15th and 16th July 2026. 

The Bishop of Thetford, The Rt Rev Ian Bishop, would be happy to have informal conversations about the role bishop.thetford@dioceseofnorwich.org

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