The Very Reverend

Gordon McPhate
Dean of Chester
McPhate (left) with Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Chester
In office2002 to 2017
PredecessorStephen Smalley
SuccessorTim Stratford
Personal details
Born (1950-06-01) 1 June 1950
DenominationAnglicanism

Gordon Ferguson McPhate (born 1 June 1950)[1] is an Anglican priest, who was Dean of Chester from 2002 to 2017.[2]

Biography

McPhate was educated at the University of Aberdeen, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, the University of Surrey and the University of Edinburgh.[3]

After a spell as a tutor in Physiology at Clare College, he was ordained in 1979.[4] He later held lectureships at Guy’s Hospital and the University of St Andrews.[5] He was an honorary curate at Sanderstead,[6] then an honorary Minor Canon at Southwark Cathedral[7] and an honorary chaplain at St Andrews,[8] before his appointment[9] to the Deanery.[10] He retired from full-time ministry on 30 September 2017.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Burke's Peerage
  2. ↑ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
  3. ↑ ‘McPHATE, Very Rev. Gordon Ferguson’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  5. ↑ Who's Who 2012 – McPHATE, Gordon Ferguson
  6. ↑ exploring surrey's past
  7. ↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  8. ↑ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  9. ↑ London Gazette
  10. ↑ Anglican communion
  11. ↑ "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. No. 8044. p. 31. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 May 2017.


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