Jonathan Chaffey

Jonathan Paul Michael Chaffey CB (born 1962) is a British Church of England priest and former military chaplain, who served with the Royal Air Force.

[4] He studied at St Chad's College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1983.

[5] Before joining the military, he served his curacy at St Stephen's Church, Gateacre in the Diocese of Liverpool.

[1][5] On 20 May 1990, Chaffey was commissioned into the Chaplains Branch, Royal Air Force and granted the relative rank of flight lieutenant.

[1][12] In July 2014, he succeeded Ray Pentland as the Chaplain-in-Chief and head of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch.

[18] He served as Interim Sub Dean of the cathedral from November 2022 to October 2023,[19] when Revd Canon Peter Moger was installed as the new sub-dean.