Raymond Roberts (Royal Navy chaplain)
British priest (1931–2019)
Raymond Harcourt Roberts (14 April 1931 – 25 September 2019) was a Welsh Anglican priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He served as Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1980 to 1984.
Early life
Roberts was born on 14 April 1931. He studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree) in 1954; his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1958 as per tradition. From 1954 to 1956, he studied for ordination at St. Michael's College, Llandaff.
Ordained ministry
Roberts was ordained into the Church in Wales as a deacon in 1956 and as a priest in 1957. From 1956 to 1959, he served as an assistant curate at St Basil's Church, Bassaleg, south Wales. During his curacy, he was also a part-time military chaplain with the Royal Naval Reserve.
On 1 July 1959, he transferred from the Royal Naval Reserve to the Royal Navy and was commissioned as a chaplain; members of the Royal Navy Chaplaincy Services do not hold rank, unlike member of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department and Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch.
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