Ian Wheatley

The Venerable Ian Wheatley CB QHC
Chaplain of the Fleet
Church	Church of England
In office	2014–present
Predecessor	Scott Brown
Other posts	Archdeacon for the Royal Navy (2012–present) Deputy Chaplain of the Fleet (2012–2014)
Orders
Ordination	1994 (deacon) 1995 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Ian James Wheatley
Born	1962 (age 54–55)
Denomination	Anglicanism
Alma mater	Chichester Theological College

Ian James Wheatley, CB, QHC (born 1962) is a Church of England priest and Royal Navy officer. Since December 2014, he has served as Chaplain of the Fleet, the senior military chaplain of the Royal Navy. From 2012 to 2014, he served as Deputy Chaplain of the Fleet and Principal Anglican Chaplain.

Before becoming a military chaplain, Wheatley served an officer in the Royal Navy. Having completed officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College, he was commissioned on 1 May 1983 with the rank of sub-lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 September 1985. He transferred to the Retired List on 14 September 1991.

Having left the Royal Nay in 1991, Wheatley then began training for ordination into the Church of England. He studied at Chichester Theological College and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1994. He was ordained a deacon in 1994 and a priest in 1995. From 1994 to 1997, he serves as an assistant curate at St Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon.

In 1997, Wheatley joined the Royal Navy as a military chaplain. In 2001, he deployed to Northern Ireland. In 2011, he deployed to Afghanistan with 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, to whom he was padre, as part of Operation Herrick.