Jonathan Woodhouse (minister)


Jonathan Woodhouse

Woodhouse in 2013
Born (1955-03-29) 29 March 1955 (age 69)
Cardiff, Wales
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1990 - 2014
RankMajor-General
Service number534661
CommandsRoyal Army Chaplains' Department
Battles / warsCold War
Iraq War

Jonathan Woodhouse, CB, QHC (born 29 March 1955) is a British Baptist minister and retired senior British Army officer. He was Chaplain General and head of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department from 2011 to 2014.[1][2] He is the first Baptist and the second member of the Free Churches to become Chaplain General.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Former LST student gets top job in the Army". LATEST NEWS. London School of Theology. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Call me Padre' – meet the Army's head chaplain". Ministry of Defence. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ Woods, Mark. "Kingdom builders". The Baptist Times. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Army chaplains ‘need to show their steel under pressure’ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).