Deputy Chaplain Of The Fleet
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Deputy Chaplain Of The Fleet
OR:
Deputy Chaplain Of The Fleet on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service provides chaplains to the Royal Navy. The chaplains are commissioned by the Sovereign but do not hold military rank other than that of "Chaplain Royal Navy". They are usually addressed as Padre, Reverend or more informally Bish. Chaplains are recruited from a number of
Christian denominations Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
. The senior chaplain in the Royal Navy is the Chaplain of the Fleet (Chp FLT) Andrew Hillier: an Anglican priest, he is also the
Archdeacon for the Royal Navy The most senior Anglican chaplain in each branch of the British Armed Forces (Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force) is made an archdeacon in the Church of England. Respectively they are titled the Archdeacon for the Royal Navy, the Archdea ...
.


Training

Chaplains join the Royal Navy as experienced clergy of their denomination. They undergo naval training at Britannia Royal Naval College alongside other Royal Navy officer cadets. Those serving with the Royal Marines may be selected to attempt commando training: if successful they become Royal Navy Commandos and wear the Commando green beret and, on No 1 uniform, the Commando Dagger badge. Those who serve with the Submarine Service may earn their submarine service "Dolphins".


Chaplains of the Fleet

The role of Chaplain of the Fleet, being Head of the Naval Chaplains, was established on 13 May 1859, and was originally attached to the role of Senior Chaplain at Greenwich Hospital and was also the Inspector of Naval Schools. An Order in Council issued by King Edward VII in August 1902 granted the ecclesiastical dignity of
archdeacon 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 o ...
on the Chaplain of the Fleet. :Thomas Ken was appointed Chaplain of the Fleet by King Charles II in 1683. * 1859–1865: ''Unknown'' * 1865–1871:
William Guise-Tucker William Guise Tucker, RN, B.A., (12 May 1812 – 17 January 1885) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was the inaugural Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1865 to 1871. He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He graduate ...
* 1871–1876: ''Unknown'' * 23 November 18761882 (retd):
John Cawston John Cawston (1824– 3 March 1900) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1876 to 1882. Cawston was the only son of Rev. A. W. Cawston, and was educated at St David's College, Lampeter. ...
* 1882–1888: John Harbord * 188817 January 1899 (retd):
John Cox-Edwards John Cox Cox-Edwards (1839–1926) was a Church of England priest and chaplain in the Royal Navy who rose to be Chaplain of the Fleet from 1888 to 1899. Harbord was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge He was ordained deacon in 1863; and pries ...
* 18991 March 1901 (retd): John Berry * 19016 October 1906 (retd): Stuart Harris * 19061 December 1917 (retd): Hugh Wood * 1917–1924:
Charles Ingles Charles William Chamberlayne Ingles (25 January 1869 – 18 December 1954) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was the Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, serving from 1917 to 1924. Ingles was born at Bla ...
* 192429 January 1929 (retd): Robert McKew * 1929–1933: Walter Knight-Adkin * 1933–1935: Charles Peshall * 19354 October 1938 (retd): Arthur Gilbertson * 1938–1943: Thomas Crick * 1943–1947:
John Wilson John Wilson may refer to: Academics * John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793), English mathematician and judge * John Wilson (historian) (1799–1870), author of ''Our Israelitish Origin'' (1840), a founding text of British Israelism * John Wil ...
* 194715 May 1952: Leonard Coulshaw * 1952–1956: Noel Chamberlain * 1956–1960: Darrell Bunt * 19605 March 1963 (retd): John Armstrong * 15 May 196318 March 1966 (retd): Raymond Richardson * 18 March 19666 May 1969: Christopher Prior * 8 April 19699 June 1972 (retd):
Ambrose Weekes Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes (25 April 191924 April 2012) was an Anglo-CatholicDaily Telegraph obituary Issue no 48,822 dated 17 May 201Online version(Retrieved 16 January 2017) bishop in the 20th century who served as the first Suffragan Bisho ...
* 14 April 19721975:
Chandos Morgan Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan, (12 August 1920 – 1 January 1993) was a Church of England priest and military chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 1975. Early life Morgan was born on 12 ...
* 4 December 19751980: Basil O'Ferrall * 28 March 19801984: Raymond Roberts * 11 June 19841989: Noël Jones * 1989–1994:
Michael Henley Michael Harry George Henley, CB (16 January 1939 – 21 March 2014) was an Anglican bishop. He was a chaplain of the Royal Navy and the Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. Early life and education Henley was born on 16 January 1938 ...
* 1994–1997: Michael Bucks * 1997–1999:
Simon Golding Simon Jefferies Golding, (born 30 March 1946) is a Church of England priest and former Royal Navy chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet, Director General of the Naval Chaplaincy Service and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 2000 to 2002. He wa ...
‘GOLDING, Ven. Simon Jefferies’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 201
accessed 25 November 2012
/ref> * 1999–2000: Charles Stewart * 2000–2002: Simon Golding * 2002–2006: Barry Hammett * 2006–2010: John Green * 2010–2014: Scott J. Brown * 2014–2018:
Ian Wheatley Ian James Wheatley, (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest and former Royal Navy officer. From 2014 to 2018, he has served as Chaplain of the Fleet, the senior military chaplain of the Royal Navy: he had also served as Deputy Chaplain of the F ...
* 2018–2021: Martyn Gough *22 June 2021present: Andrew Hillier


See also

* Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch *
Royal Army Chaplains' Department The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD) is an all-officer department that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army. History The Army Chaplains' Department (AChD) was formed by Royal Warrant of 23 September 1796; until the ...


References


Further reading

* Bergen, Doris. L., (ed), 2004. ''The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century''. University of Notre Dame Press


External links


RN Chaplaincy Services
- Royal Navy official website {{Admiralty Department, state=collapsed Military supporting service occupations Organisations based in Portsmouth Religion in Hampshire Religion in the military Religion in the United Kingdom Religious occupations