Mike Kavanagh

Michael Lowther Kavanagh is a retired Church of England priest who was the Chaplain-General of Prisons (and Archdeacon of Prisons).[1]

For others of this name, see Michael Kavanagh (disambiguation).

The Reverend

Mike Kavanagh
Chaplain-General of Prisons
ChurchChurch of England
In office13 October 2014 to 2018
PredecessorWilliam Noblett
Other postsArchdeacon for Prisons (2014–2018)
Orders
Ordination1987 (deacon)
1988 (priest)
Personal details
Birth nameMichael Lowther Kavanagh
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materYork University
College of the Resurrection

Early life and education

Kavanagh was educated at York University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.[2]

Ordained ministry

Kavanagh 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 David Hope, 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. Kavanagh was formally licensed as Chaplain-General and Archdeacon for Prisons on 13 October 2014.[3] He retired during 2018.[4]

Personal life

Kavanagh married Linda Munt on 13 April 2013. She is also an Anglican priest.[5]

References
  1. CofE web-site
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 200/2001 Church House Publishing ISBN 0715181068
  3. Anglican Communion News Service – Archbishop Welby licenses Prison Chaplain-General (Accessed 29 October 2014)
  5. "Quarters rung for the Society". Beverley and District Ringing Society. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Noblett		 Chaplain-General of Prisons
2013–2018		 Succeeded by
James Ridge


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