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
- ^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U182029 Who's Who, accessed 6 July 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ "Graduates". Durham Colleges Gazette, 1950-1953. 4 (25): 3.
- ^ ‘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]
- ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ 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
- ^ Donald Gray (2004). "Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ^ 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.
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