The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

The Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...

 Thomas Joseph Savage was an Anglican Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 in the third quarter of the 20th century.
Born on 5 February 1900, and educated at Highgate

Highgate School

-Notable members of staff and governing body:* John Ireton, brother of Henry Ireton, Cromwellian General* 1st Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, owner of Kenwood, noted for judgment finding contracts for slavery unenforceable in English law* T. S...

 and Peterhouse

Peterhouse, Cambridge

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 , he was ordained in 1927. Following a curacy

Curate

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 at St John’s, Waterloo Road he worked at the South African Church Railway Mission and was then a Toc H

Toc H

Toc H is an international Christian movement. The name is an abbreviation for Talbot House, 'Toc' signifying the letter T in the signals spelling alphabet used by the British Army in World War I. A soldiers' rest and recreation centre named Talbot House was founded in December 1915 at Poperinghe,...

 Padre. After a spell as Rector

Rector

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 of Springs, Transvaal

Transvaal Province

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 he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Leominster

Leominster

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 then Tait Missioner for the Diocese of Canterbury

Diocese of Canterbury

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. In 1955 he was appointed Dean

Dean (religion)

A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...

 of Cape Town

St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town

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 and three years later Bishop of Zululand

Anglican Diocese of Zululand

The Anglican Diocese of Zululand covers the part of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal around Utrecht, a small town in the foothills of the Balele Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa...

, a post he held to his death on 22 October 1966.