An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop.

What is the meaning of the word archdeacon?

: a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions or administrative work.

What do Archdeacons do?

Archdeacons serve the church in part of a diocese by taking particular responsibility for all buildings, the welfare of clergy and their families and the implementation of diocesan policy for the sake of the Gospel. ... In the Church of England, the legal act by which a priest becomes an archdeacon is called a collation.