Thomas Goss

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The Rt Rev Thomas Ashworth Goss MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the Twentieth Century.[1]

He was born on 27 July 1912[2] and educated at Shardlow Hall, Aldenham and the University of St Andrews. He was ordained in 1938[3] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Frodingham after which he became a chaplain in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.[4] He was a Japanese Prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. When peace returned he became Vicar of Sutton Le Marsh until 1951 when he returned to the RAF, serving until 1967. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was Dean of Jersey from 1971 to 1985.[5] He died on 10 December 1997.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Alan Stanley Giles		 Dean of Jersey
1971–1985 		Succeeded by
Basil Arthur O'Ferrall

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Guernsey Society
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ↑ London Gazette
  5. ↑ Societe Jersaise
Early modern
  • David Bandinel
  • Philip Le Couteur
  • Clement Le Couteur
  • Thomas Le Breton
  • Francis Payn
  • Francis Le Breton
Late modern
Office holders
Channel Islands
Selected deaneries
Historic offices
  • Archdeacon of Winchester (11th century–2000; renamed Bournemouth)
  • Archdeacon of Surrey (12th century–1927; became Diocese of Guildford)
  • Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight (1871–1927; became Diocese of Portsmouth)
  • Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1925–1927; became Diocese of Portsmouth)
  • Archdeacon of Basingstoke (1927–2000; renamed Winchester)


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