 He graduated BA in 1825 with a first class in classics.Goode was ordained deacon and priest in 1825, becoming curate to his father's friend, Samuel Crowther, the incumbent of Christ Church, Newgate Street.In 1835 he was appointed rector of St Antholin Watling Street, a post which he held until 1849 when the Archbishop of Canterbury presented him to the rectory of Allhallows the Great, Thames Street.