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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