Anthony James Balmforth (3 September 1926 â 20 February 2009) was Archdeacon of Bristol from 1979 until 1990.
Balmforth educated at Sebright School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was ordained Deacon in 1952 and Priest in 1953. After a curacy in Mansfield he held incumbencies in Skegby, Kidderminster and Kings Norton until his ArchdeaconâÂÂs appointment.