# Will Adam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Will_Adam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Will_Adam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Adam > Source revision: 1356302122 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Anglican archdeacon}} {{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = [The Venerable](/source/The_Venerable) | type = priest | name = Will Adam | honorific-suffix = | image = | caption = | title = [Archdeacon of Canterbury](/source/Archdeacon_of_Canterbury) | church = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) | province = [Canterbury](/source/Province_of_Canterbury) | diocese = [Canterbury](/source/Diocese_of_Canterbury) | term = 18 July 2022{{snd}}present | predecessor = [Jo Kelly-Moore](/source/Jo_Kelly-Moore) | other_post = | birth_name = William Jonathan Adam | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|10|28}} | birth_place = | parents = | religion = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) | residence = | spouse = Lindsay Yates | children = 3 | education = [Aylesbury Grammar School](/source/Aylesbury_Grammar_School){{cite web|url=http://alumni.ags.bucks.sch.uk/news/old-aylesburian-profiles/265/265-Will-Adam-Paterson-|last=Clark|first=J J|title=Will Adam (Paterson '88)|date=12 March 2021|accessdate=4 February 2024}} | alma_mater = [University of Manchester](/source/University_of_Manchester) | ordination = 1994 (deacon)
1995 (priest) }} '''William Jonathan Adam''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|PhD}} {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|FSA}} {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|FRHistS}} (born 28 October 1969) is a [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) priest. He was appointed [Archdeacon of Canterbury](/source/Archdeacon_of_Canterbury) in 2022 and had previously been the deputy secretary general of the [Anglican Communion](/source/Anglican_Communion) and [ecumenical](/source/Ecumenism) advisor to the [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/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](/source/Aylesbury_Grammar_School) and studied [theology](/source/theology) and English church history at [Manchester University](/source/Manchester_University). He then attended [Westcott House, Cambridge](/source/Westcott_House%2C_Cambridge), from where he was sent to the [Bossey Ecumenical Institute](/source/Bossey_Ecumenical_Institute) in Switzerland for six months in 1993. Adam later went on to earn a [master's degree](/source/Master's_degree_in_the_United_Kingdom) and a doctorate in [canon law](/source/canon_law) at [Cardiff Law School](/source/Cardiff_Law_School). He was elected as a [Fellow of the Royal Historical Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Historical_Society) (FRHistS) in 2011{{Cite web|url=https://royalhistsoc.org/membership/rhs-fellows-and-members/|title=RHS Fellows and Members|website=RHS|language=en-GB|access-date=11 September 2019|archive-date=11 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611024719/http://royalhistsoc.org/membership/rhs-fellows-and-members/|url-status=live}} and as a [Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London](/source/Fellow_of_the_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London) (FSA) in 2024.{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=Annabel |title=July 2024 Ballot Results |url=https://www.sal.org.uk/2024/07/july-2024-ballot-results/ |website=Society of Antiquaries of London |access-date=7 June 2025 |date=25 July 2024}} His wife, Lindsay Yates, is also an Anglican priest (and the current Canon Precentor for Canterbury Cathedral) and they have three daughters.{{cite web |url=https://canterburydiocese.org/our-life/news-events/news/william-adam-named-as-next-archdeacon-of-canterbury.php |last=Diocese of Canterbury |title=Will Adam named Archdeacon of Canterbury |date=21 March 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023}} ==Career== Adam was ordained [deacon](/source/Deacon) in 1994 and [priest](/source/Priest) in 1995 and served in parishes in the dioceses of [Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford) (1994–2002), [Ely](/source/Diocese_of_Ely) (2002–2010), and [London](/source/Diocese_of_London) (2010–2017).{{cite web |url=https://iarccum.org/2022/will-adam-moving-to-new-role-in-canterbury/ |last=International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission |title=Will Adam moving to new role in Canterbury |date=21 March 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023}} While still a [curate](/source/Curate) in 1996, he appeared in a [television advertisement](/source/television_advertisement) for [Ford Escort](/source/Ford_Escort_(Europe)) 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](/source/clerical_collar).{{cite news |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/25-march/news/uk/dr-will-adam-to-leave-anglican-communion-post-for-canterbury-archdeaconry |last=Meyrick |first=Sarah |title=Dr Will Adam to leave Anglican Communion post for Canterbury archdeaconry |newspaper=Church Times |location=London |date=21 March 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023}} In 1998, he was a youth delegate to the [World Council of Churches Assembly](/source/World_Council_of_Churches) in [Harare](/source/Harare), Zimbabwe.{{cite web |url=https://www.lutheranworld.org/news/anglican-lutheran-relations-looking-towards-lambeth |last=Hitchen |first=P. |title=Anglican-Lutheran relations: Looking towards Lambeth |website=Lutheran World Federation |date=28 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023}} In 2017, Adam was appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury's Ecumenical Adviser at [Lambeth Palace](/source/Lambeth_Palace),{{cite web |url=https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/archbishops-ecumenical-adviser-takes-new-anglican-communion-role |last=The Archbishop of Canterbury |title=Archbishop's ecumenical adviser takes on new Anglican Communion role |date=12 February 2021 |access-date=19 June 2023}} while also holding the role of honorary assistant priest in his wife's parish at [Compton, West Sussex](/source/Compton%2C_West_Sussex).{{cite web |url=http://lgn1384773037.site-fusion.co.uk/whos-who |title=Who's Who in the Octagon |author= |date= |website= |publisher=The Octagon Parish |access-date=20 August 2022}} In 2019, he was also made director of the Department for Unity, Faith and Order in the Anglican Communion. 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](/source/Anglican%E2%80%93Roman_Catholic_International_Commission) and IARCCUM),iarccum.org the Orthodox Church (ICAOTD){{cite web | title=Anglican Communion: Orthodox | url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/ecumenical-dialogues/orthodox.aspx }} and a new dialogue with the [Pentecostal World Fellowship](/source/Pentecostal_World_Fellowship).{{cite web | title=Anglican Communion: Pentecostal | url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/ecumenical-dialogues/pentecostal.aspx }} 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](/source/Portobello_Road_Market). In March 2022, it was announced that Adam would be the next Archdeacon of Canterbury and a residentiary canon of [Canterbury Cathedral](/source/Canterbury_Cathedral), following the departure of the previous incumbent, the Very Reverend [Jo Kelly-Moore](/source/Jo_Kelly-Moore), who was made [Dean of St Albans](/source/Dean_of_St_Albans). He was installed at Canterbury during [Evensong](/source/Evensong) on 18 July 2022,{{cite web|url= https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/July-2022-V2.pdf | last = Newsholme | first = David | title = Services and Music List | date = July 2022 | website = Canterbury Cathedral |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731212405/https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/July-2022-V2.pdf |archive-date=31 July 2022 |access-date=31 July 2022 }} but seconded back to the ACO for the [Fifteenth Lambeth Conference](/source/Fifteenth_Lambeth_Conference) between 27 July and 7 August 2022. In 2025, he chaired the Diocese of Canterbury’s Vacancy in See Committee as part of the process for the appointment of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.{{cite web |title=Diocese of Canterbury publishes document to help discern next Archbishop |url=https://canterburydiocese.org/diocese-of-canterbury-publishes-document-to-help-discern-next-archbishop.php |website=Diocese of Canterbury |date=5 June 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025}} ==Bibliography== * Will Adam, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TQCiAgAAQBAJ 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== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jCnKCEIfprM |title=Ford Escort Advert 1996 |author= |website=YouTube |date=20 May 2012 |access-date=19 June 2023}} {{Archdeacons of Canterbury}} {{Diocese of Canterbury}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Will}} Category:1969 births Category:Archdeacons of Canterbury Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester Category:Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Will Adam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Adam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Adam?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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