The Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch provides military chaplain

Military chaplain

A military chaplain is a chaplain who ministers to soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and other members of the military. In many countries, chaplains also minister to the family members of military personnel, to civilian noncombatants working for military organizations and to civilians within the...

s for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

.

Training

RAF chaplains and candidates receive training at the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, which is located at Amport House

Amport House

Amport House, currently the British Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre , is a manor house in the village of Amport, near Andover, Hampshire....

.

Endorsing authorities

To serve in the Chaplains Branch, chaplains and candidates must be endorsed by a religious body. RAF Commissioned Chaplains are accepted from the various Christian denominations. The British military forces are also served by "tri-service chaplains" from other world faiths, including Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh.

Chaplain-in-Chief

See also: Military chaplain #Annual International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference

Note: The RAF Chaplains Branch is led by a Chaplain-in-Chief.

• L K Darbyshire
• J H Wilson
• G R Renowden
• Peter Robin Turner (1997–2000) (now Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire)
• Peter Bishop QHC
• Ray Pentland QHC BA DPS MTh RAF ( – present)

See also

• RAF Chapel
  RAF Chapel
  At the eastern end of Westminster Abbey in the magnificent Lady Chapel built by King Henry VII is the RAF Chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940....
  
  
• :Category:Royal Air Force chaplains
• Royal Army Chaplains' Department
  Royal Army Chaplains' Department
  The Royal Army Chaplains' Department is an all-officer corps that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army.As of 2007, there are about 280 serving regular chaplains in the British Army; these can belong to either one of several Christian churches, or to the Jewish faith, although...
  
  
• Bishop to the Forces
  Bishop to the Forces
  The Anglican church in the British Armed Forces falls under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, however for all practical purposes the function is performed by the Bishop to the Forces. His full title is "The Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative to the Armed Forces"...
  
   (Anglican)
• Bishopric of the Forces
  Bishopric of the Forces
  The Bishopric of the Forces is the Latin-rite Catholic military ordinariate which provides chaplains to the British Armed Forces across the United Kingdom and overseas. The chaplains are drawn from the dioceses of England, Wales and Scotland, and from some religious orders...
  
   (Roman Catholic)
• Military chaplain #United Kingdom
• Religion in the United Kingdom
  Religion in the United Kingdom
  Religion in the United Kingdom and the states that pre-dated the UK, was dominated by forms of Christianity for over 1,400 years. Although a majority of citizens still identify with Christianity in many surveys, regular church attendance has fallen dramatically since the middle of the 20th century,...
  
  

• Chaplain
• Minister
• Imam
  Imam
  An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
  
  
• Priest
  Priesthood (Catholic Church)
  The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....
  
  
• Rabbi
  Rabbi
  In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
  
  

External links

• RAF Chaplains official website
• Careers: Jobs: Chaplain. RAF Careers official website