Will Adam

The Venerable

Will Adam
The Venerable; Will Adam
Archdeacon of Canterbury
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Canterbury
In office	18 July 2022 to present
Predecessor	Jo Kelly-Moore
Orders
Ordination	1994 (deacon); 1995 (priest)
Personal details
Born	William Jonathan Adam; October 28, 1969 (age 55)
Denomination	Church of England
Spouse	Lindsay Yates
Children	3
Education	Aylesbury Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Manchester

William Jonathan Adam, FSA, FRHistS (born 28 October 1969) is a Church of England priest. He was appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury in 2022 and had previously been the Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion and ecumenical advisor to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Education and family

Will Adam was born in October 1969 and has two younger sisters. He was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and studied theology and English church history at Manchester University. He then attended Westcott House, Cambridge, from where he was sent to the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in Switzerland for six months in 1993. Adam later went on to earn a master’s degree and a doctorate in canon law at Cardiff Law School. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) in 2011^[2] and as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 2024.^[3] His wife, Lindsay Yates, is also an Anglican priest and they have three daughters.^[4]

Career

Adam was ordained deacon in 1994 and priest in 1995 and served in parishes in the dioceses of Oxford (1994–2002), Ely (2002–2010), and London (2010–2017).^[5] While still a curate in 1996, he appeared in a television advertisement for Ford Escort cars, in which the caption stated, "Will Adam has married 14 women since he got his. . . What do you do in yours?", showing him adjusting his clerical collar.^[6] In 1998, he was a youth delegate to the World Council of Churches Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe.^[7]

In 2017, Adam was appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury's Ecumenical Adviser at Lambeth Palace,^[8] while also holding the role of honorary assistant priest in his wife's parish at Compton, West Sussex.^[9] In 2019, he was also made director of the Department for Unity, Faith and Order in the Anglican Communion.^[8] In this role he was responsible for and co-secretary of dialogues between the Anglican Communion and other Churches and Christian World Communions, including those with the Catholic Church (Anglican - Roman Catholic International Commission and IARCCUM),^[10], the Orthodox Church (ICAOTD)^[11] and a new dialogue with the Pentecostal World Fellowship.^[12] In February 2021 he was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, based at the Anglican Communion Office (ACO) adjacent to Portobello Road Market.^[8]

In March 2022, it was announced that Adam would be the next Archdeacon of Canterbury and Residentiary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, following the departure of the previous incumbent, the Very Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore, who was made Dean of St Albans.^[6] He was installed at Canterbury during Evensong on 18 July 2022,^[13] but seconded back to the ACO for the Fifteenth Lambeth Conference between 27 July and 7 August 2022.^[4]

Bibliography

Will Adam, Legal flexibility and the mission of the Church: dispensation and economy in ecclesiastical law Farnham, Surrey, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4094-2055-2
Lindsay Yates and Will Adam, Canon law and the newly ordained, (third edition, 2011), Ministry Division of the Church of England, Church House Publishing, London.

References

^ Clark, J J (12 March 2021). "Will Adam (Paterson '88)". Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "RHS Fellows and Members". RHS. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ https://www.sal.org.uk/2024/07/july-2024-ballot-results/
^ ^a ^b Diocese of Canterbury (21 March 2022). "Will Adam named Archdeacon of Canterbury". Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (21 March 2022). "Will Adam moving to new role in Canterbury". Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b Meyrick, Sarah (21 March 2022). "Dr Will Adam to leave Anglican Communion post for Canterbury archdeaconry". Church Times. London. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ Hitchen, P. (28 June 2022). "Anglican-Lutheran relations: Looking towards Lambeth". Lutheran World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Archbishop of Canterbury (12 February 2021). "Archbishop's ecumenical adviser takes on new Anglican Communion role". Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Who's Who in the Octagon". The Octagon Parish. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ iarccum.org
^ https://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/ecumenical-dialogues/orthodox.aspx
^ https://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/ecumenical-dialogues/pentecostal.aspx
^ Newsholme, David (July 2022). "Services and Music List" (PDF). Canterbury Cathedral. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

External links

"Ford Escort Advert 1996". YouTube. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[1] Clark, J J (12 March 2021). "Will Adam (Paterson '88)". Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[2] "RHS Fellows and Members". RHS. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[3] ttps://www.sal.org.uk/2024/07/july-2024-ballot-results/

[canterburydiocese-4] Diocese of Canterbury (21 March 2022). "Will Adam named Archdeacon of Canterbury". Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[5] International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (21 March 2022). "Will Adam moving to new role in Canterbury". Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[churchtimes-6] Meyrick, Sarah (21 March 2022). "Dr Will Adam to leave Anglican Communion post for Canterbury archdeaconry". Church Times. London. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[lutheranworld-7] Hitchen, P. (28 June 2022). "Anglican-Lutheran relations: Looking towards Lambeth". Lutheran World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[archbishopofcanterbury-8] The Archbishop of Canterbury (12 February 2021). "Archbishop's ecumenical adviser takes on new Anglican Communion role". Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[9] "Who's Who in the Octagon". The Octagon Parish. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[10] rccum.org

[11] ttps://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/ecumenical-dialogues/orthodox.aspx

[12] ttps://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/ecumenical-dialogues/pentecostal.aspx

[13] Newsholme, David (July 2022). "Services and Music List" (PDF). Canterbury Cathedral. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

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