Michael Parker | |
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Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands held | Royal Army Chaplains' Department |
Battles/wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
Michael D. Parker KHC is a British Methodist minister and military chaplain. He is the current Chaplain-General to His Majesty's Land Forces.
Military career
Educated at the University of Birmingham and the Queen's Foundation, where he trained as Methodist minister, Parker was commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department in 2000.[1] He became Deputy Chaplain-General to the Army in September 2020 and Chaplain-General to Her Majesty's Land Forces on 8 May 2022.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Methodist Chaplain announced as next Chaplain General for the British Army". Methodist Church. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ↑ "No. 63691". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 May 2022. p. 8830.
- ↑ "Methodist minister becomes new Chaplain-General" (PDF). St Paul’s Methodist Church, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley. 27 March 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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