Michael Lowther Kavanagh is a retired Church of England priest who was the Chaplain-General of Prisons (and Archdeacon of Prisons).[1]
Early life and education
Kavanagh was educated at the University of York and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.[2]
Ordained ministry
Kavanagh was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1988. After curacies in Boston Spa and Clifford he was Vicar of Beverley from 1991 to 1997; serving additionally as its Rural Dean from 1995 to 1997. He was Domestic Chaplain to David Hope, 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] He retired in 2018.[4]
Personal life
The Venerable Kavanagh married Linda Munt on 13 April 2013. She is also an Anglican priest.[5]
References
- ^ CofE web-site
- ^ Crockford’s Clerical Directory 200/2001 Church House Publishing ISBN 0715181068
- ^ Anglican Communion News Service – Archbishop Welby licenses Prison Chaplain-General (Accessed 29 October 2014)
- ^ “UK news in brief”.
- ^ “Quarters rung for the Society”. Beverley and District Ringing Society. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
