Chaplain-General of Prisons

The Chaplain-General of Prisons is the head of the Church of England's chaplaincy to prisons. He is also an ex officio member of the House of Clergy of the General Synod.

Chaplains-general

Smith was the first chaplain-general.

1946-1961 Hugh Smith^[1]
1962–1980 (res.): Leslie Lloyd Rees^[2]
1981–1985 (res.): Percy Ashford^[3] (first Archdeacon to the Prison Service, 1982–1985)^[4]

The post of archdeacon to HM Prisons was created in 1982 and consistently held by the CG.

1986–1993 (res.): Keith Pound^[5] (also Archdeacon to the Prison Service)^[6]
1993–2001 (ret.): David Fleming (also Archdeacon of Prisons)^[7]
2001–2011 (ret.): William 'Nobby' Noblett (also Archdeacon to HM Prisons)^[8]
2014–2018 (ret.):Mike Kavanagh, Head of Chaplaincy, has been Chaplain-General and Archdeacon^[9] since 2013, but was licensed on 13 October 2014.^[10]
October 2018 – present James Ridge^[11]^[12]

^ "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1963. p. 14.
^ The Telegraph – Obituaries, Leslie Lloyd Rees (Accessed 17 March 2014)
^ The Independent – Obituary: Percy Ashford (Accessed 17 March 2014)
^ "Ashford, Percival Leonard". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Keith Salisbury Pound". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Pound, Keith Salisbury". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Fleming, David". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Noblett, William". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Church of England – Bishop of Rochester to be next Bishop of Prisons (Accessed 17 March 2014)
^ Anglican Communion News Service – Archbishop Welby licenses Prison Chaplain-General (Accessed 29 October 2014)
^ "UK news in brief".
^ "Prison Chaplain-General to preach on Prisons Sunday". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04.