Richard Lee "Rick" Simpson (born 5 July 1966) is a British Anglican priest. He has been the Archdeacon of Auckland in the Diocese of Durham since 2018.[1]
Simpson was educated at Keble College, Oxford and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1993, and priest in 1994. He was a curate in Heaton, Newcastle until 1997. He was Priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Jesmond from 1997 to 2006; and then of St Brandon, Brancepeth from 2006. He was announced as the next Archdeacon of Auckland in October 2017.[2] He was installed as archdeacon during a service at Durham Cathedral on 11 February 2018.