Chaplain-General of Prisons
The Chaplain-General of Prisons is the head of the
prisons. He is also an ex officio member of the House of Clergy of the General Synod
.
Chaplains-general
- Smith was the first chaplain-general.
- 1946-1961 Hugh Smith[1]
- 1962–1980 (res.): Leslie Lloyd Rees[2]
- 1981–1985 (res.): Percy Ashford[3] (first Archdeacon to the Prison Service, 1982–1985)[4]
- The post of archdeacon to HM Prisons was created in 1982 and consistently held by the CG.
- 1986–1993 (res.): Keith Pound[5] (also Archdeacon to the Prison Service)[6]
- 1993–2001 (ret.): David Fleming (also Archdeacon of Prisons)[7]
- 2001–2011 (ret.): William 'Nobby' Noblett (also Archdeacon to HM Prisons)[8]
- 2014–2018 (ret.):Mike Kavanagh, Head of Chaplaincy, has been Chaplain-General and Archdeacon[9] since 2013, but was licensed on 13 October 2014.[10]
- October 2018 – present James Ridge[11][12]
References
- ^ "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1963. p. 14.
- ^ The Telegraph – Obituaries, Leslie Lloyd Rees (Accessed 17 March 2014)
- ^ The Independent – Obituary: Percy Ashford (Accessed 17 March 2014)
- Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Keith Salisbury Pound". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Pound, Keith Salisbury". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Fleming, David". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Noblett, William". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Church of England – Bishop of Rochester to be next Bishop of Prisons (Accessed 17 March 2014)
- ^ Anglican Communion News Service – Archbishop Welby licenses Prison Chaplain-General (Accessed 29 October 2014)
- ^ "UK news in brief".
- ^ "Prison Chaplain-General to preach on Prisons Sunday". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04.
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