The Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch provides military chaplains for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom.
Mission[]
- See footnote[1]
Training[]
RAF chaplains and candidates receive training at the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, which is located at Amport House.[2]
Endorsing authorities[]
To serve in the Chaplains Branch, chaplains and candidates must be endorsed by a religious body.[3] RAF Commissioned Chaplains are accepted from the various Christian denominations. The British military forces are also served by "tri-service chaplains" from other world faiths, including Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh.[4]
Noncombatant status[]
Chaplain-in-Chief[]
- Note: The RAF Chaplains Branch is led by a Chaplain-in-Chief.[5]
- Viener was the first Chaplain-in-Chief; when the Chaplain-in-Chief is an Anglican, he or she is also the Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force – otherwise, the most senior Anglican chaplain takes that title along with that of Principal Anglican Chaplain.
- 11 October 1918 – 1926: Harry Viener[6]
- 25 October 1926 – 1930: Robert Hanson[7]
- 11 December 1930 – 11 December 1933: Sidney Clarke[8][9]
- 11 December 1933 – 10 April 1936: James Walkey[9][10]
- 10 April 1940 – 1944: Maurice Edwards[10]
- 1944–1949: John Jagoe
- 31 March 1949 – 1953: Leslie Wright[11]
- 17 April 1953 – 1959: Alan Giles[12]
- 19 March 1959 – 1965: Francis Cocks (first Archdeacon for the RAF)[13]
- 13 March 1965 – 1969 Wilfred Payton[14]
- 14 March 1969 – 1973: Leonard Ashton[15]
- 3 June 1973 – 1980: Hewitt Wilson[16]
- 28 June 1980 – 1983 Herbert Stuart[17]
- 1983–1988: Glyndwr Renowden
- 30 June 1988 – 1991: Brian Halfpenny[18]
- 26 July 1991 – 1995: Brian Lucas[19]
- 26 August 1995 – 1998: Robin Turner[20]
- 1998–2001: Peter Bishop
- 21 September 2001 – 2006: Ron Hesketh[21]
- 2006–2009: Pete Mills (Church of Scotland)
- Archdeacons for the Royal Air Force:
- 2006 onwards: Ray Pentland[5][22][23]
- Archdeacons for the Royal Air Force:
- 1 October 2009–present: Ray Pentland[5][22][23]
Central church[]
The central church of the Chaplains Branch is St Clement Danes Church.[24][25]
See also[]
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Footnotes[]
- ↑ See: About Us: Welcome webpage. RAF Chaplains Branch official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ Who we are: Amport House. RAF Chaplains Branch official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ Endorsing Authorities. RAF Chaplains Branch official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ World Faiths. RAF Chaplains Branch official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 About Us: Welcome webpage. RAF Chaplains Branch official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ "No. 31112". 1919. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31112/page/
- ↑ "No. 33215". 1926. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33215/page/
- ↑ "No. 33671". 1930. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33671/page/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "No. 34004". 1933. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34004/page/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "No. 34831". 1940. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34831/page/
- ↑ "No. 38573". 1949. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38573/page/
- ↑ "No. 39843". 1953. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39843/page/
- ↑ "No. 41664". 1959. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41664/page/
- ↑ "No. 43599". 1965. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43599/page/
- ↑ "No. 44661". 1968. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44661/page/
- ↑ "No. 45873". 197. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45873/page/
- ↑ "No. 48294". 1980. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48294/page/
- ↑ "No. 51393". 1988. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51393/page/
- ↑ "No. 52615". 1991. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52615/page/
- ↑ "No. 54140". 1995. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54140/page/
- ↑ "No. 56340". 2001. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56340/page/
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Who's Who 2012 – PENTLAND, Raymond Jackson
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 RAF Chaplains – Ven Ray Pentland (Retrieved 7 June 2012)
- ↑ St Clement Danes Church. RAF Chaplains Branch official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ Welcome to St Clement Danes. RAF St Clement Danes official website. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
External links[]
- RAF Chaplains official website
- Careers: Jobs: Chaplain. RAF Careers official website
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