Barry Hammett
Church of England priest, Royal Navy chaplain
About Barry Hammett
Born 1947.
Barry Keith Hammett, (born 9 October 1947) is a Church of England priest and former Royal Navy chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet, Director General of the Naval Chaplaincy Service and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 2002 to 2006.
Early life and education Hammett was born on 9 October 1947. He was educated at Eltham College, then a direct grant grammar school in London. He then trained for holy orders at St Stephen's House, Oxford, between 1971 and 1974.
He retired from the Royal Navy in 2006, and then held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Portsmouth from 2007 to 2015. Since 2015, he has held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Oxford.
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