George Sinker (5 May 1900 – 19 January 1986) was bishop of Nagpur and

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. He was born in

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, the son of the Reverend R Sinker, and was educated at

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and

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. In 1924 he married Eva Margaret, daughter of Colonel C H Madden OBE MC. He served as a

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for the

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and

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starting in 1921. In 1924 he was ordained in

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, India. He moved to

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in 1932. He was appointed headmaster of the Bishop Cotton School,

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, in 1935, then

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, 1944, and general secretary of the

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for India and Ceylon in 1947. He was consecrated

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Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

in 1949. On his return to the United Kingdom, he was successively Vicar of Bakewell (and an Assistant Bishop of Derby) from 1954 to 1962 and

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(and an

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) from 1962 to 1972.''Church news Assistant Bishop of Birmingham to retire (Official Appointments and Notices)''

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Monday, 3 Jul 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58520; col C He died in

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in 1986.

Publications

*''Jesus loved Martha'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. *''What was Jesus doing on the Cross?'', India, 1952 *''His Very Words'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1953

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinker, George 1900 births 1986 deaths Scholars from Hyderabad, India Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford 20th-century Church of England clergy Provosts and Deans of Birmingham Indian Anglican priests People educated at Rossall School Anglican bishops of Nagpur