Geoffrey Francis Allen (25 August 19028 November 1982) was the third

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. Allen was educated at

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and

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, and after training at

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was ordained in 1927. Following a brief

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at St Saviour's,

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, he was

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of his old theological college, a

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, Lecturer at Union Theological College, Canton, the Deputy Provost of

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and then

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, 1944–47. He was elevated to the

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as Bishop in Egypt in 1947. Returning to

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following his resignation in late July 1952, he became Principal of

that December. During his time at Ripon, he was appointed an Assistant Bishop of Oxford. He was appointed to the See of Derby, where he served until 1969; he was elected and confirmed some time prior to his installation at

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on 4 July 1959.

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