John Ellis (chaplain)
John Raymond Ellis QHC (born 3 November 1963) is a British Anglican priest and former police officer. Since July 2018, he has been Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch and Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force.
Ellis was born on 3 November 1963 in Malta. He was educated at Hamond's Grammar School in Swaffham, Norfolk, England: the school became a comprehensive school as Hamond's High School while he was there. He worked as a police constable with Suffolk Constabulary from 1983 to 1995.[1]
Having trained for Holy Orders at St Stephen's House, Oxford, he was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1997 and as a priest in 1998.[2] He worked in parish ministry in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1997, before joining the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch in 2004.[3][2][4]
References
- ^ Ellis. "Ellis, John Raymond". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (1 December 2018 online ed.). A & C Black.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|accessed=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^ a b "John Raymond Ellis". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Address by The Reverend (Group Captain) John Ellis RAF Deputy Chaplain in Chief" (PDF). Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.