John Young (Dean of St George's Cathedral)

For the English priest, see John Young (Archdeacon of Barnstaple).

The Very Reverend John Kenneth Young (5 January 1914 1991)[1] was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana from 1948 until 1957.[2] Born in 1914, he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, ordained in 1939 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon and began his career with curacies at St James, West Hartlepool and St Mary Magdalen, Medomsley.[3] From 1943 to 1948 he was vicar of Demerara River, Guyana and then Dean[4] of the Diocese’s Cathedral.[5] Returning to England he held incumbencies at Harton, North Yorkshire, Eastgate, County Durham and (his final post before retirement) Forcett, Richmondshire.

Notes

  1. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. The Times, Tuesday, Jul 31, 1956; pg. 10; Issue 53597; col C Ecclesiastical News Church Appointments Very Rev J.K. Young (Dean of Georgetown) to be Perpetual Curate of St Peter’s Harton
  3. Crockford's clerical directory1976 Lambeth, Church House ISBN 978-0-19-200008-8
  4. The Times, Wednesday, Jun 15, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51408; col C Marriages The Very Rev J.K. Young, Dean of Georgetown and Miss M.K. Morpeth
  5. Diocesan History
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Frank Thatcher
Deans of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
1948 1957
Succeeded by
Ronald Ragsdale Sargison


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