John Green (priest)

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The Reverend John Green
Religion	Anglican
Senior posting
Based in	United Kingdom
Title	Chaplain of the Fleet
Period in office	March, 2006-October 2010
Predecessor	The Venerable Barry Hammett QHC
Successor	The Reverend Scott J Brown QHC BD
Religious career
Previous post	Chaplain of the Fleet, Director General, Archdeacon for the Royal Navy

John Green CB became Chaplain of the Fleet; Director General, Naval Chaplaincy Service and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy in March 2006.^[1]^[2]

He was born on 14 August 1953 and educated at North East London Polytechnic. From 1974 to 1980 he was a Project Engineer with Thorn Lighting Ltd. He was ordained in 1983 and began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Michael and All Angels, Watford^[3] and St. Stephen's Church, St. Albans.

He became a Naval Chaplain in 1991: his service included

HMS Sultan, 1991–92
3rd Destroyer Sqdn, 1992–93
HMNB Portsmouth, 1993–94
HMS Excellent, 1994–95
Minor Warfare Vessel Flotilla, 1996–98
Staff Chaplain to Chaplain of the Fleet, 1998–2001
HMS Ark Royal, 2001–03
HMS Collingwood, 2003–06
Chaplain of the Fleet and Director General, Naval Chaplaincy Service 2006-2010

He headed the Naval Chaplaincy Service Board of Management with responsibility for policy making and overall leadership. As Archdeacon for the Royal Navy he is the senior Anglican chaplain in the Royal Navy.

Green was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2010 New Year Honours.^[4]

Footnotes

↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Church web site
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59282. p. 2. 31 December 2009.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Barry Keith Hammett	Chaplain of the Fleet 2006 –2010	Succeeded by Scott James Brown

v t e Chaplains of the Fleet

William Guise-Tucker John Cawston John Harbord John Cox-Edwards John Berry Stuart Harris Hugh Wood Charles Ingles Robert McKew Walter Knight-Adkin Charles Peshall Arthur Gilbertson Thomas Crick John Wilson Leonard Coulshaw Noel Chamberlain Darrell Bunt John Armstrong Raymond Richardson Christopher Prior Ambrose Weekes Chandos Morgan Basil O'Ferrall Raymond Roberts Noel Jones Michael Henley Michael Bucks Simon Golding Charles Stewart Barry Hammett John Green Scott Brown

Archdeacons for the Royal Navy (since 1997)	Simon Golding, Chaplain of the Fleet Simon Golding, Principal Anglican Chaplain Simon Golding, CF Barry Hammett, CF John Green, CF Martin Poll, Deputy CF & PAC Ian Wheatley, DCF & PAC

v t e Churches in the Anglican Communion

Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Australia Bangladesh Brazil Burundi Canada Central Africa Central America Congo England Hong Kong and Macao India, North India, South Indian Ocean Ireland Japan Jerusalem and the Middle East Kenya Korea Melanesia Mexico Myanmar (Burma) Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Rwanda Scotland South East Asia Southern Africa Southern Cone South Sudan and Sudan Tanzania Uganda USA Wales West Africa West Indies

Extra-provincial churches	Bermuda Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Cuba Falkland Islands Portugal Spain

Churches in full communion	Mar Thoma Syrian Church Union of Utrecht Philippine Independent Church Porvoo Communion

Persondata
Name	Green, John
Alternative names
Short description	British military chaplain
Date of birth	14 August 1953
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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