Mike Kavanagh

The Venerable
Mike Kavanagh
Chaplain-General of Prisons
Church Church of England
In office 13 October 2014 to present
Predecessor William Noblett
Other posts Archdeacon for Prisons (2014 to present)
Orders
Ordination 1987 (deacon)
1988 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name Michael Lowther Kavanagh
Nationality British
Denomination Anglicanism
Alma mater York University
College of the Resurrection
For others of this name, see Michael Kavanagh (disambiguation).

Michael Lowther Kavanagh is a Church of England priest. Since 2014, he has been the Chaplain-General of Prisons.[1]

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 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. Kavanagh was formally licensed as Chaplain-General and Archdeacon for Prisons on 13 October 2014.[3]

Personal life

Kavanagh married Linda Munt on 13 April 2013. She is also an Anglican priest.[4]

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)
  4. "Quarters rung for the Society". Beverley and District Ringing Society. 10 Apr 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Noblett
Chaplain-General of Prisons
2013–present
Incumbent
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