Gordon Savage

Who was Gordon Savage?

Gordon David Savage was an Anglican bishop who served in two posts from 1960 to 1970.

Born on 14 April 1915 he was educated at Reading School and St Catherine's College, Oxford and ordained in 1940 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 and Archdeacon of Buckingham before elevation to the eponymous Suffragan Bishopric. After four years he was translated to Southwell where he remained until until he retired. He died on 9 June 1990.