Gordon David Savage was an Anglican bishop who served in two posts from 1960 to 1970.[1]
Born on 14 April 1915 he was educated at Reading School and St Catherine's College, Oxford and ordained in 1940[2] after an earlier career as a Librarian. His first post was as Chaplain, Lecturer and Tutor at Tyndale Hall, Bristol after which he was successively General Secretary of the Church Mission Society, Vicar of Marston, Oxford[3] and Archdeacon of Buckingham before elevation to the eponymous Suffragan Bishopric. After four years he was translated to Southwell where he remained until retirement.[4] He died on 9 June 1990.
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| Preceded by Robert Milton Hay |
Bishop of Buckingham 1960 – 1964 |
Succeeded by George Christopher Cutts Pepys |
| Preceded by Frank Russell Barry |
Bishop of Southwell 1964–1970 |
Succeeded by John Denis Wakeling |
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