{{short description|Archdeacon of Leicester}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Richard Vernon Worsfold''' (born 17 July 1964) is a British [[Anglican]] priest. From 2018 until 2025, he served as [[Archdeacon of Leicester]]<ref>[https://www.leicester.anglican.org/news/richard-worsfold-installed-as-the-new-archdeacon-of-leicester.php Leicester Anglican]</ref> in the [[Church of England]]'s [[Diocese of Leicester]].<ref>{{Crockford | forenames = Richard Vernon | surname = Worsfold | id = 14296 | accessed =23 January 2020 }}</ref>

Worsfold was educated at the [[University of Exeter]] and [[Cranmer Hall, Durham]].<ref>{{Who's Who | author = Anon | year = 2020 | title=Worsfold, Ven. Richard Vernon| id = U19510 | doi 0.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U291475}}</ref> He was [[ordained]] in the [[Church of England]] as a [[Deacon#Anglicanism|deacon]] in 1995 and as a [[Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian|priest]] in 1996. He served his [[Title (Christianity)|title]] at [[Countesthorpe]] between 1995 and 1999. He then served [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbencies]] at [[Bradgate Team Parish]] and [[Westcotes]]. He was the [[Area Dean]] of Leicester from 2014 to 2018 before his appointment as [[Archdeacon of Leicester|Archdeacon]].<ref>[https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/leicester-tigers-fan-biologist-archdeacon-2277358 Leicester Mercury]</ref> Worsford resigned his archdeaconry to become Area&nbsp;Dean of Salford and Leigh<ref>{{cite web |website=Diocese of Manchester |title=New Area Deans for Rochdale and Salford&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Leigh |url=https://manchester.anglican.org/news/latest-news/new-area-deans-for-rochdale-and-salford-leigh.php |date=6 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603111652/https://manchester.anglican.org/news/latest-news/new-area-deans-for-rochdale-and-salford-leigh.php |archive-date=3 June 2025 |access-date=4 June 2025 }}</ref> from 23 September 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Worsfold — Notice of Appointment |website=Diocese of Manchester |date=14 August 2025 |url=https://www.manchester.anglican.org/the-venerable-richard-worsfold-notice-of-appointment/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006122738/https://www.manchester.anglican.org/the-venerable-richard-worsfold-notice-of-appointment/ |archive-date=6 October 2025 |access-date=6 October 2025 }}</ref>

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