Adrian Harbidge


Adrian Guy Harbidge was an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Winchester in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Harbidge was educated at Marling School; Durham University; and Cuddesdon Theological College, Cuddesdon. After an earlier career as a Purser in the Merchant Navy he was ordained Deacon in 1975, and Priest in 1976. He was a Curate at Romsey Abbey from 1975 to 1980 then Vicar of St Andrew, Bournemouth until 1986. He was the incumbent at Chandler's Ford from 1986 to 1999; and Rural Dean of Eastleigh from 1993 to 1999. He became Archdeacon of Winchester in 1999; and then of Bournemouth in 2000. In 2010 he became Rector of Seale, Puttenham and Wanborough before retiring at the end of 2016.