Background
Pentland was born on 14 July 1957, Greenock, Scotland, to Adam Jackson Pentland and Edith Henderson Pentland.
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Ray Pentland
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He was educated at Cowdenknowes High School. Pentland attended the William Booth Memorial Training College from 1977.
Career
He is a retired military chaplain, serving as Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force and head of its Chaplains Branch from 2009 to 2014. Civilian ministry He served in number of inner city locations throughout the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1986. He was ordained a deacon in 1988, in Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire.
He then became Assistant Curate of Saint Jude"s Church, Mapperley, Nottingham.
He was ordained a priest in 1989. Military career In 1990, Pentland attended the Specialist Entrant and Re-entrant Course at Royal Air Force Cranwell.
On 26 August 1990, he was commissioned into the Chaplains Branch of the Royal Air Force as a chaplain with the relative rank of flight lieutenant. He was given the service number 5207651M. On 26 August 1991, he was promoted to the relative rank of squadron leader.
He transferred from a short service commission to a permanent commission on 1 November 1993.
As part of the half-yearly promotions, he was promoted to the relative rank of wing commander on 1 January 2003. On 27 March 2006, he was appointed Principal Anglican Chaplain and Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force. On 1 April 2009, he was selected to succeed Peter Mills as Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force.
On 1 October, he took up the appointment in addition to his role as Archdeacon, becoming the 21st Chaplain in Chief.
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Membership
Salvation Army.
