John Southgate Explained

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. Web site: Southgate, Very Rev. John Eliot, (2 Sept. 1926–18 Dec. 1999), Dean of York, 1984–94, then Dean Emeritus . 2022-10-07 . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . en.
  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. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  6. News: Whitney . Craig R. . Times . Special To the New York . 1988-11-05 . York Minster Is Back to Life After '84 Fire . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-07 . 0362-4331.
  7. Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990) . Donald Gray . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/39999 . 2008-10-27.
  8. The University of York Honorary Graduates - 1966-2004 (2004), University of York, York, UK, viewed 2 May 2008, Web site: Archived copy . 2008-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090731041529/http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/eto/graduation/Hon%20Grads/Honorary%20Grad%20list%201966-2004.pdf . 2009-07-31 .

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