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Jonathan Gough
British Anglican priest (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jonathan Robin Blanning Gough (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest; and former military chaplain and archdeacon. He has served as the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds; and in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army.
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Personal life
Gough was born in 1962 and was brought up in rural Devon, England.[1][2] He was educated at Exeter School, an all-boys private school.[1] He studied at St David's University College, University of Wales, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) degree in 1983.[3] He then matriculated into St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college, to train for ordination between 1983 and 1985.[3] He continued his academic studies and graduated from Westminster College, Oxford with a Master of Theology (MTh) degree in 1996.[1]
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Gough was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1985 and as a priest in 1986.[4] From 1985 to 1986, he served his curacy at St Brannock's Church, Braunton in the Diocese of Exeter.[5] Then, from 1986 to 1989, he continued his curacy at St Katharine's Church, Matson in the Diocese of Gloucester.[5]
He went on to serve in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, British Army from 1989 to 2019, except for a break between 2001 and 2005. Having completed his training, he was commissioned as chaplain to the forces 4th class (equivalent in rank to captain) on 3 April 1989.[6] He saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia (UN Protection Force and NATO Stabilisation Force), Kosovo (NATO Kosovo Force), and Afghanistan.[7][1] He transferred from a short service to a regular commission on 3 April 1994.[8] He was promoted to chaplain to the forces 3rd class (equivalent to major) on 3 April 1995.[9] He resigned his commission on 30 September 2001.[10]
In 2001, he left the British Army to become ecumenical secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury, based at Lambeth Palace.[5][11] He was also a member of the International Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission.[12] He was made an honorary canon of Gibraltar Cathedral in 2002.[5][13]
In 2005, Gough returned to the British Army.[5] He was chaplain to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2009 to 2011.[1] In 2017, he was promoted to the rank of chaplain to the forces 1st class (equivalent to colonel),[14] and appointed an assistant chaplain general.[2] He retired from the British Army on 3 May 2019.[15]
In December 2018, Gough was announced as the next Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds, in succession to Bev Mason.[2] He was installed as archdeacon during a service at Ripon Cathedral on 10 March 2019.[16] He has also been warden of readers for the Diocese of Leeds since 2019.[1] It was announced in September 2024 that Gough was to resign his archdeaconry in early 2025.[17] Following his resignation, he was made archdeacon emeritus.[18] On 3 June 2025, he was appointed interim pastoral and theological advisor to the Archbishop of York and is based at Bishopthorpe Palace.[11]
Gough is a member of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP), a liberal Anglo-Catholic society of clergy.[19] He is also a member of the Society of the Resurrection, a group associated with the Community of the Resurrection.[19][20]
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Personal life
Since 1985, he has been married to Flora Winfield.[1]
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