George Sinker
George Sinker (5 May 1900 – 19 January 1986) was bishop of Nagpur and provost of Birmingham Cathedral.[1]
He was born in Hyderabad, India, the son of the Reverend R Sinker, and was educated at Rossall School and Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1924 he married Eva Margaret, daughter of Colonel C H Madden OBE MC.
He served as a missionary for the Church Missionary Society in Kandy and Ceylon starting in 1921. In 1924 he was ordained in Bannu, North West Frontier Province, India. He moved to Peshawar in 1932. He was appointed headmaster of the Bishop Cotton School, Simla, in 1935, then canon of the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Lahore, 1944, and general secretary of the Bible Society for India and Ceylon in 1947. He was consecrated bishop of Nagpur in 1949.[2]
On his return to the United Kingdom, he was successively Vicar of Bakewell (and an Assistant Bishop of Derby) from 1954 to 1962 and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral (and an Assistant Bishop of Birmingham) from 1962 to 1972.[3] He died in Macclesfield 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
- Birmingham Post and Mail Yearbook and Who's Who 1973-74, Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd, July 1973
- “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- Church news Assistant Bishop of Birmingham to retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, 3 Jul 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58520; col C
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alec Hardy |
Bishop of Nagpur 1949–1954 |
Succeeded by Sadanand Appaji Pathak |
| Preceded by Michael Clarke |
Provost of Birmingham Cathedral 1962–1972 |
Succeeded by Basil Moss |
| Other offices | ||
| Preceded by J. S. M. Hooper 1944-1947[1] |
General Secretary, Bible Society of India, Nagpur 1947-1949[1] |
Succeeded by P. Mahanty 1949-1958[1] |