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. "Southgate, Very Rev. John Eliot, (2 Sept. 1926–18 Dec. 1999), Dean of York, 1984–94, then Dean Emeritus". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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. Whitney, Craig R.; Times, Special To the New York (5 November 1988). "York Minster Is Back to Life After '84 Fire". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
7. Donald Gray (2004). "Jasper, Ronald Claud Dudley (1917–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39999. Retrieved 27 October 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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.

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