John Green, , DL (born 14 August 1953) is a

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priest and former

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. He was Chaplain of the Fleet, Director General of the Naval Chaplaincy Service and Archdeacon for the

from 2006 to 2010. He was Archdeacon Pastor in the

Diocese of Coventry The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, and is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick. The dioce ...

from 2012 until his retirement in 2017. He was born on 14 August 1953 and educated at

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. From 1974 to 1980 he was a Project Engineer with

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. He was

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in 1983 after studying at

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and began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Michael and All Angels,

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and

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. He became a naval chaplain in 1991: his service included * , 1991–1992 * 3rd Destroyer Sqdn, 1992–1993 *

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, 1993–1994 * , 1994–1995 * Minor Warfare Vessel Flotilla, 1996–1998 * Staff Chaplain to Chaplain of the Fleet, 1998–2001 * , 2001–2003 * , 2003–2006 * Chaplain of the Fleet and Director General, Naval Chaplaincy Service 2006–2010 He headed the Naval Chaplaincy Service Board of Management with responsibility for policy making and overall leadership. As Archdeacon for the Royal Navy he was the senior

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chaplain in the Royal Navy. Green was appointed Companion of the

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(CB) in the 2010 New Year Honours. In September 2013, Green became Associate Minister at St Mary Magdalen, Chapelfields, in the Diocese of Coventry, a post which he relinquished on his retirement in 2017. In 2019, Green moved to the northwest Highlands of Scotland, near the village of Drumbeg, and holds permission to officiate in the united diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Sutherland in March 2025.

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