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The Venerable Jonathan Gough
Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven
Gough at his wife's consecration in 2024
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Leeds
In office	March 2019 to present
Predecessor	Bev Mason
Orders
Ordination	1985 (deacon) 1986 (priest)
Personal details
Born	Jonathan Robin Blanning Gough 1962 (age 61–62)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Flora Winfield ​(m. 1985)​
Alma mater	St David's University College St Stephen's House, Oxford Westminster College, Oxford
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1989 to 2019
Rank	Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class (colonel)
Battles / wars	The Troubles UN Protection Force NATO Stabilisation Force NATO Kosovo Force War in Afghanistan

Jonathan Robin Blanning Gough (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest and former military chaplain. Since March 2019, he has served as the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds. He had previously served in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army.

Personal life

Gough was born in 1962 and was brought up in rural Devon, England. He was educated at Exeter School, an all-boys private school. He studied at St David's University College, University of Wales, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) degree in 1983. He then matriculated into St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college, to train for ordination between 1983 and 1985. He continued his academic studies and graduated from Westminster College, Oxford with a Master of Theology (MTh) degree in 1996.

Ordained ministry

Gough was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1985 and as a priest in 1986. He went on to serve in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, British Army from 1989 to 2019: between 2001 and 2005, he took a break from the military to work as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for Ecumenism. He saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia (UN Protection Force and NATO Stabilisation Force), Kosovo (NATO Kosovo Force), and Afghanistan. He was chaplain to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2009 to 2011. In 2017, he was promoted to the rank of chaplain to the forces 1st class (equivalent to colonel), and appointed an assistant chaplain general. He retired from the British Army on 3 May 2019.

In December 2018, Gough was announced as the next Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds, in succession to Bev Mason. He was installed as archdeacon during a service at Ripon Cathedral on 10 March 2019. He has also been warden of readers for the Diocese of Leeds since 2019. It was announced in September 2024 that Gough is to resign his archdeaconry in early 2025.

Gough is a member of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP), a liberal Anglo-Catholic society of clergy. He is also a member of the Society of the Resurrection, a group associated with the Community of the Resurrection.

Personal life

Since 1985, he has been married to Flora Winfield.

References

1. ^ "Gough, Ven. Jonathan Robin Blanning, (born 11 May 1962), Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven, since 2019". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. ^ "Next Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven announced". The Diocese of Leeds. Church of England. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
3. ^ "Jonathan Robin Blanning Gough". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
4. "Jonathan Robin Blanning Gough". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
5. Gough, Rev. Canon Jonathan Robin Blanning. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10000464. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 14 May 2019 – via Who's Who 2019.
6. "No. 61983". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 2017. p. 12674.
7. "No. 62635". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 May 2019. p. 8120.
8. "New Archdeacon for Richmond and Craven joins our diocese at Ripon Cathedral". The Diocese of Leeds. Church of England. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
9. "Archdeacon Jonathan is moving to new flocks and pastures". Diocese of Leeds. 17 September 2024. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
10. ^ "Jonathan Gough". linkedin. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
11. "CR Family". mirfield.org.uk. Community of the Resurrection. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

• 1962 births
• Living people
• Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
• British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
• British Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• 20th-century English Anglican priests
• 21st-century English Anglican priests
• Archdeacons of Richmond
• People educated at Exeter School
• Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter
• Alumni of St Stephen's House, Oxford
• Alumni of Westminster College, Oxford