John Southgate

John Eliot Southgate (2 September 1926 – 18 December 1999)[1] was Dean of York in the Church of England; holding this post from 1984[2] until 1994 when he was succeeded by Raymond Furnell.

Southgate was educated at the City of Norwich School and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Studies from Durham University in 1953[3] and a Diploma of Theology (DipTh) in 1955.[4]

He was ordained deacon in 1955, and priest in 1956. He served curacies at Glen Parva and Lee, south-east London He was Vicar of Plumstead from 1962 to 1966; Rector of Old Charlton from 1966 to 1972; Dean of Greenwich from 1968 to 1972; York Diocesan Secretary for Mission and Evangelism from 1972 to 1981;Vicar of Harome 1972 to 1977; and Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1974 to 1984.[5]

While Dean Southgate conducted the service, held in 1988, after the restoration of York Minster, which caught fire in 1984.[6] The Minster was struck by lightning four days before the retirement of the previous dean, Ronald Jasper.[7] Southgate was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York in 1989.[8]

References
  1. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U182029 Who's Who, accessed 6 July 2008
  2. New appointments The Archdeacon of Cleveland, the Ven John Southgate, has been appointed Dean of York. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 5 Sep 1984; pg. 14; Issue 61928
  3. "Graduates". Durham Colleges Gazette, 1950-1953. 4 (25): 3.
  4. ‘SOUTHGATE, Very Rev. John Eliot’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014]
  5. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  6. York Minster Is Back to Life After '84 Fire (1988), The New York Times, New York, viewed 2 May 2008, https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DF103DF936A35752C1A96E948260
  7. Donald Gray (2004). "Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  8. The University of York Honorary Graduates - 1966-2004 (2004), University of York, York, UK, viewed 2 May 2008, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Stanley Linsley		 Archdeacon of Cleveland
1974–1984		 Succeeded by
Ronald John Woodley
Preceded by
Ronald Claud Dudley Jasper		 Dean of York
1984–1994		 Succeeded by
Raymond Furnell


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