William Mungo Jacob (known as Bill) (born 15 November 1944) is a retired Anglican priest, who was Archdeacon of Charing Cross from 1996 to 2014.
[3] Jacob trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford, and was ordained deacon in 1970 and priest in 1971.
[4] He served his title at Wymondham Abbey (1970-1973), after which he was Assistant Chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter (1973-1975), on the staff of Wells Theological College (1975-1980), and Selection Secretary for the Advisory Council for the Church's Ministry (1980-1986).
[7] After the closure of Lincoln Theological College in 1995, he was collated as Archdeacon of Charing Cross in 1996, serving in that role until 2014.
[11] Jacob is the author of Lay People and Religion in the Early Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press: 1996), The Clerical Profession in the Long Eighteenth Century, 1680-1840 (OUP: 2007)[12] and Religious Vitality in Victorian London (OUP: 2021).