Maurice Walter Sinclair (born 20 January 1937) is a retired English Anglican bishop. He was the

Bishop of Northern Argentina The Anglican Church of South America ( es, Iglesia Anglicana de Sudamérica) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers six dioceses in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Formed in 198 ...

from 1990 to 2001, and

Primate Primates are a diverse order (biology), order of mammals. They are divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include the Tarsiiformes, tarsiers and ...

of the

Southern Cone The Southern Cone ( es, Cono Sur, pt, Cone Sul) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Traditionally, it covers Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, bou ...

, from 1996 to 2001. He was educated at Chigwell School and the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...

, in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1964 and began his career with a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at St John's Church, Boscombe.Church details
/ref> In 1967 he went to South America where he served as a

Missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

. He returned to England in 1984 to become Principal of Crowther Hall, Selly Oak, a post he held to his elevation to the

episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...

. He was Bishop of Northern Argentina, from 1990 to 2001, and Primate of the Southern Cone of America, from 1996 to 2001. He returned to England, where in his retirement he continues to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham.

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1937 births People educated at Chigwell School Alumni of the University of Nottingham Living people Anglican bishops of Northern Argentina English Anglicans 20th-century Anglican bishops in South America 20th-century Anglican archbishops {{Argentina-reli-bio-stub