William Gordon Fallows KCVO (1913 – August 1979) was a

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bishop from the broad church tradition. He served as the sixth suffragan

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and subsequently fourth diocesan

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. He is also known for having chaired the working party which produced the "Sheffield Report" used to allocate clergy numbers between the dioceses of the Church of England.

Personal life and education

Fallows was born in 1913 in

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. He attended Barrow Grammar School and then

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. He trained for ordination at Ripon Hall, Oxford. He died in office in August 1979 after suffering from cancer and Parkinson's disease.

Ministry positions

Curate in

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, Coventry Vicar of

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of Lancaster Principal of Ripon Hall, Oxford 1959 – 1968 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

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1975 – 79 Fallows chaired the 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"Church Times 10 October 2008
/ref> it remains in use as of 2008.

Biography

''Gordon Fallows of Sheffield'', John S. Peart-Binns, The Memoir Club

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fallows, Gordon 1913 births 1979 deaths Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon 20th-century Church of England bishops Bishops of Pontefract Bishops of Sheffield Archdeacons of Lancaster Clerks of the Closet Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys People from Barrow-in-Furness Staff of Ripon College Cuddesdon