Mike Kavanagh
Michael Lowther Kavanagh is a Church of England priest and the Chaplain-General of Prisons.[1]
He was educated at York University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.[2] He was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1988. After a curacies in Boston Spa and Clifford he was Vicar of Beverley from 1991 to 1997; and its Rural Dean from 1995 to 1997. He was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York from 1997 to 2005. He was a prison chaplain at Full Sutton from 2005 to 2008 and Anglican Advisor to the prison service before becoming its head in 2013. His wife is also an Anglican priest.[3] Kavanagh was formally licensed as Chaplain-General and Archdeacon for Prisons on 13 October 2014.[4]
- ↑ CofE web-site
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 200/2001 Church House Publishing ISBN 0715181068
- ↑ BND
- ↑ Anglican Communion News Service – Archbishop Welby licenses Prison Chaplain-General (Accessed 29 October 2014)
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Preceded by William Noblett |
Head of Prison Chaplaincy and Chaplain-General of Prisons 2013–present |
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