Gordon McPhate

Gordon Ferguson McPhate (born 1 June 1950) is a British retired Anglican priest, physician and academic. He spent his early career combining medicine and academia, while also holding non-stipendiary clergy appointments. He then served as Dean of Chester from 2002 to 2017, before retiring.

Biography McPhate was born on 1 June 1950. He studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) degrees in 1974. He was then a tutor in physiology at Clare College, Cambridge.

In 1978, he joined Guy's Hospital Medical School as a lecturer in physiology. He also continued his studies and was awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) research degree by the University of Cambridge in 1988. He was an honorary consultant chemical pathologist for Fife Hospitals between 1996 and 2002. This was the most senior appointment made of a clergyman who had "spent his life working in a non-church profession". He retired from full-time ministry on 30 September 2017. Since 2018, he has held permission to officiate in the Church in Wales' Diocese of Bangor.

Personal life McPhate is unmarried.