Jonathan Chaffey

The Venerable Jonathan Chaffey
Birth name	Jonathan Paul Michael Chaffey
Born	1962 (age 54–55)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1990-present
Rank	Air Vice-Marshal
Unit	Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan

Jonathan Paul Michael Chaffey (born 1962) is a British Church of England priest who is a military chaplain serving with the Royal Air force. He is the Chaplain-in-Chief and head of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch. He previously served as Deputy Chaplain-in-Chief.

Chaffey was born in 1962. He studied at St Chad's College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1983. In 1984, he entered Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Anglican theological college attached to St John's College, Durham, to train for ordained ministry.

Chaffey was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1987 and as a priest in 1988. Before joining the military, he served his curacy at St Stephen's Church, Gateacre in the Diocese of Liverpool.

On 20 May 1990, Chaffey was commissioned into the Chaplains Branch, Royal Air Force and granted the relative rank of flight lieutenant. His first posting was to RAF Lyneham. On 20 May 1991, he was promoted to the relative rank of squadron leader. He transferred from a short service commission to a permanent commission on 17 November 1993. During his early career he served as a chaplain at RAF Stafford, RAF Finningley, RAF Wittering, RAF Waddington and RAF Lossiemouth. He also completed overseas deployments to RAF Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and Gioia del Colle Air Base in Italy.