Jonathan Gough

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.

Personal life Gough was born in 1962 and was brought up in rural Devon, England. He then matriculated into St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college, to train for ordination between 1983 and 1985. From 1985 to 1986, he served his curacy at St Brannock's Church, Braunton in the Diocese of Exeter. Then, from 1986 to 1989, he continued his curacy at St Katharine's Church, Matson in the Diocese of Gloucester. He saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia (UN Protection Force and NATO Stabilisation Force), Kosovo (NATO Kosovo Force), and Afghanistan. He was promoted to chaplain to the forces 3rd class (equivalent to major) on 3 April 1995. He resigned his commission on 30 September 2001.

In 2001, he left the British Army to become ecumenical secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury, based at Lambeth Palace. He was made an honorary canon of Gibraltar Cathedral in 2002.

In 2005, Gough returned to the British Army. 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 has also been warden of readers for the Diocese of Leeds since 2019. Following his resignation, he was made archdeacon emeritus. On 3 June 2025, he was appointed interim pastoral and theological advisor to the Archbishop of York and is based at Bishopthorpe Palace.

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.