16 Facts About Jonathan Chaffey

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

Jonathan Chaffey serves as Archdeacon of Oxford in the same diocese; from 2014 to 2018 he served as the Chaplain-in-Chief and head of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch.

Jonathan Chaffey was educated at Worksop College, a private school in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Jonathan Chaffey studied at St Chad's College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983.

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

Jonathan Chaffey transferred from a short service commission to a permanent commission on 17 November 1993.

Jonathan Chaffey completed overseas deployments to RAF Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and Gioia del Colle Air Base in Italy.

On 1 July 2003, as part of the half-yearly promotions, Jonathan Chaffey was promoted to the relative rank of wing commander.

Jonathan Chaffey was then posted to HQ Chaplaincy Services in a training role.

In 2013, Jonathan Chaffey began his attendance of the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Jonathan Chaffey was promoted to the relative rank of air vice-marshal on 25 July 2014.

Jonathan Chaffey was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2018 New Year Honours.

Jonathan Chaffey retired from the Royal Air Force in July 2018.

On 29 January 2020, it was announced that Jonathan Chaffey would be the next Archdeacon of Oxford in the Diocese of Oxford: he was due to be licensed as archdeacon during a service at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on 9 May 2020.

Jonathan Chaffey has been a residentiary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford since 2020.

Jonathan Chaffey served as Interim Sub Dean of the cathedral from November 2022 to October 2023, when Revd Canon Peter Moger was installed as the new sub-dean.