John Southgate

Who was John Southgate?

John Eliot Southgate was Dean of York in the Church of England; holding this post from 1984 until 1994 when he was replaced by the Very Revd Raymond Furnell.

Southgate was educated at the City of Norwich School and received a BA from Durham University in 1953 and a Diploma of Theology in 1955.

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