David Ratcliff (priest)

David William Ratcliff (born 1937) is an Anglican priest and former Archdeacon of Scandinavia and Germany.[1]

He was educated at Edinburgh Theological College and was ordained in 1963. After curacies in Croydon and Selsdon, he was Vicar of Milton Regis from 1969 to 1975. He worked in the Diocese of Canterbury's Education Department from 1975 to 1991 before serving as a chaplain in Frankfurt and Stockholm between 1991 and 2002.

He was also Archdeacon of Scandinavia and Germany from 1996 until his retirement in 2005.

Notes

"David William Ratcliff". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe
Gibraltar	Edward Burrow Decimus Govett Gilbert Sissons Thomas Buckton Lonsdale Ragg James Johnston Basil Ney Daniel Pina Cabral Ken Robinson Howell Sasser Alan Woods David Sutch Geoff Johnston (Acting) Geoff Johnston David Waller
Malta/Italy/ Italy and Malta	Cecil Bisshopp Thomas Le Mesurier John Cleugh Ambrose Hardy Arthur Cartwright Franklyn Lushington Daniel Collyer Ernest Philpott Frederick Bailey Douglas Wanstall George Church John Evans (became Archdeacon in Italy) John Evans (previously Archdeacon of Malta) George Westwell Eric Devenport Bill Edebohls (first Archdeacon of Italy and Malta) Gordon Reid ? Arthur Siddall (later additionally Archdeacon of Switzerland) Jonathan Boardman Vickie Sims Geoff Johnston (Acting) David Waller
The Aegean/ Eastern Archdeaconry	John Sharp, Archdeacon in South-Eastern Europe Stephen Skemp Geoffrey Evans, Archdeacon of the Aegean and the Danube Jeremy Peake (first Archdeacon of the Eastern Archdeaconry) Patrick Curran Colin Williams, Archdeacon of Europe Adèle Kelham (Acting) Leslie Nathaniel
The Riviera	Henry Hearsey Brian Matthews Ronald Jennison John Livingstone
North-West Europe	Peter Duplock, Archdeacon of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Peter Duplock (first Archdeacon of North-West Europe) Geoffrey Allen Dirk van Leeuwen John de Wit Paul Vrolijk
Northern France /France	Eric McLellan, Archdeacon in France John Livingstone, Archdeacon of Northern France Peter Sertin Brian Lea Martin Draper Anthony Wells (first Archdeacon of France) Ken Letts Ian Naylor Meurig Williams, Archdeacon of France and Monaco Peter Hooper (archdeacon-designate)
Switzerland	Thomas Quin Anthony Nind Peter Hawker John Williams Arthur Siddall, Archdeacon of Italy and Malta Peter Potter Adèle Kelham
Scandinavia/Germany and Northern Europe	Brian Horlock Gerald Brown David Ratcliff, Archdeacon of Scandinavia and Germany Mark Oakley (first Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe) ? Jonathan Lloyd The Archdeacon of Switzerland (Acting) Colin Williams, Archdeacon of Europe John Newsome (Acting) Leslie Nathaniel
Thomas Buckton, Archdeacon in Spain/the Peninsula and North Africa Edward Eliot, Archdeacon in Italy and the French Riviera Gordon Reid, Archdeacon in Europe

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