Gordon Fallows
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William Gordon Fallows KCVO
, known as Gordon Fallows, (1913 – August 1979) was a Church of England
bishop from the broad church
tradition. He served as the sixth suffragan Bishop of Pontefract
and subsequently fourth diocesan Bishop of Sheffield
. He is also known for having chaired the working party which produced the ‘Sheffield Number’ used to allocate clergy numbers between the dioceses of the Church of England.
. He attended Barrow Grammar School and then St Edmund Hall, Oxford
. He trained for ordination at Ripon Hall, Oxford. He died in office in August 1979 suffering from cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
Vicar of Styvechale
, Coventry
Vicar of Preston, Lancashire
Archdeacon
of Lancaster
Principal of Ripon Hall.
Bishop of Pontefract 1968 - 71
Bishop of Sheffield 1971 – 79
Vice Chairman of the Church’s Central Board of Finance
Vice Chairman Church of England Pensions Board
Chaplain to the Queen
Clerk of the Closet
Fallows chaired the Church’s Clergy Deployment Commission, created to address the concentration of Church of England clergy in London and the south-east of England. In 1974 it produced the Sheffield Report recommending a formula to calculate what proportion of available clergy each diocese should receive, known as the Sheffield Number. Although at the time it was “denounced by some critics as striking at the roots of the church” it remains in use as of 2008.
Royal Victorian Order
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, known as Gordon Fallows, (1913 – August 1979) was a Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
bishop from the broad church
Broad church
Broad church is a term referring to latitudinarian churchmanship in the Church of England, in particular, and Anglicanism, in general. From this, the term is often used to refer to secular political organisations, meaning that they encompass a broad range of opinion.-Usage:After the terms high...
tradition. He served as the sixth suffragan Bishop of Pontefract
Bishop of Pontefract
The Bishop of Pontefract is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield, in the Province of York, England...
and subsequently fourth diocesan Bishop of Sheffield
Bishop of Sheffield
The Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York.The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. The only suffragan bishop of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing the diocese...
. He is also known for having chaired the working party which produced the ‘Sheffield Number’ used to allocate clergy numbers between the dioceses of the Church of England.
Personal Life and Education
Fallows was born in 1913 in Barrow-in-FurnessBarrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
. He attended Barrow Grammar School and then St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Better known within the University by its nickname, "Teddy Hall", the college has a claim to being "the oldest academical society for the education of undergraduates in any university"...
. He trained for ordination at Ripon Hall, Oxford. He died in office in August 1979 suffering from cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
Ministerial career
Curate in Leamington SpaLeamington Spa
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Vicar of Styvechale
Styvechale
Stivichall or Styvechale is a mainly residential area of south Coventry. It includes Fenside which forms part of southeast Stivichall. To the north and northwest Stivichall has a shared border with the War Memorial Park, along Coat of Arms Bridge Road. The district of Cheylesmore is to the...
, Coventry
Vicar of Preston, Lancashire
Archdeacon
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of Lancaster
Principal of Ripon Hall.
Bishop of Pontefract 1968 - 71
Bishop of Sheffield 1971 – 79
Vice Chairman of the Church’s Central Board of Finance
Vice Chairman Church of England Pensions Board
Chaplain to the Queen
Ecclesiastical Household
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Clerk of the Closet
Clerk of the Closet
The College of Chaplains of the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom is under the Clerk of the Closet, an office dating from 1437. It is normally held by a diocesan bishop, who may however remain in office after leaving his see...
Fallows chaired the Church’s Clergy Deployment Commission, created to address the concentration of Church of England clergy in London and the south-east of England. In 1974 it produced the Sheffield Report recommending a formula to calculate what proportion of available clergy each diocese should receive, known as the Sheffield Number. Although at the time it was “denounced by some critics as striking at the roots of the church” it remains in use as of 2008.