Mike Kavanagh
Michael Lowther Kavanagh is a retired Church of England priest who was the Chaplain-General of Prisons.Early life and education
Kavanagh was educated at York University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.Kavanagh was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1988. After a curacies in Boston Spa and Clifford he was Vicar of Beverley from 1991 to 1997; and its Rural Dean from 1995 to 1997. He was Domestic Chaplain to David Hope, Archbishop of York, from 1997 to 2005. He was a prison chaplain at Full Sutton from 2005 to 2008 and Anglican Advisor to the prison service before becoming its head in 2013. Kavanagh was formally licensed as Chaplain-General and Archdeacon for Prisons on 13 October 2014. He retired during 2018.Personal life
Kavanagh married Linda Munt on 13 April 2013. She is also an Anglican priest.
