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

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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.

References

1902 births People educated at Dulwich College Alumni of University College, Oxford Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Archdeacons of Birmingham Anglican bishops of Egypt Bishops of Derby 20th-century Anglican bishops in Africa 1982 deaths Staff of Ripon College Cuddesdon 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub