Gordon Savage (bishop)
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 he resigned. [4]
Gordon Savage stepped down as Bishop of Southwell after the News of the World reported on his extracurricular activities with a topless dancer in a Soho nightclub and following a trip to the Canary Islands with a nightclub hostess. Gordon Savage was a Church of England bishop forced to resign because of a sex scandal. He died on 9 June 1990.
Notes
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, 5 December 1963, p5, "Ecclesiastical News: Next Bishop Of Southwell, Right Rev. G. D. Savage"
- ↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Incumbency details
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |