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.

The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) John Ellis, 2018

Early life and education

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.[2][3] In July 2018, he was appointed Chaplain in Chief and promoted to the relative rank of air vice-marshal.[4]

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"John Raymond Ellis". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. 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.
"Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

Military offices
Preceded by Jonathan Chaffey	Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force 2018 to present	Incumbent
Church of England titles
Preceded by Jonathan Chaffey	Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force 2018 to present	Incumbent

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