John Ellis (chaplain)

John Raymond Ellis (born 3 November 1963) is a British Anglican priest and former police officer. Since July 2018, he has been Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch and Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force.
Early life and education.
Ellis was born on 3 November 1963 in Malta. He was educated at Hamond's Grammar School in Swaffham, Norfolk, England: the school became a comprehensive school as Hamond's High School while he was there. He worked as a police constable with Suffolk Constabulary from 1983 to 1995.
Ordained ministry.
Having trained for Holy Orders at St Stephen's House, Oxford, he was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1997 and as a priest in 1998. He worked in parish ministry in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1997, before joining the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch in 2004. In July 2018, he was appointed Chaplain in Chief and promoted to the relative rank of air vice-marshal.