George Sinker

George Sinker, MA, (born 5 May 1900, Hyderabad, India; died January 1986, Macclesfield), was Bishop of Nagpur and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral.^[1]

He was the son of Rev. 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 was ordained in 1924 and was appointed Headmaster of the Bishop Cotton School, Simla in 1935. After being General Secretary of the Bible society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1946, he was appointed Bishop of Nagpur in 1949.^[2]

On his return to the UK, he was successively Assistant Bishop of Derby from 1954 to 1961 and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral from 1962 to 1972.^[3] He died on 19 January 1986

Publications

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

Church of England titles
Preceded by Alexander Ogilvy Hardy	Bishop of Nagpur 1949 –1954	Succeeded by Sadanand Appaji Pathak
Preceded by Harold George Michael Clarke	Provost of Birmingham Cathedral 1962 –1972	Succeeded by Basil Stanley Moss

Notes

^ 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 071363457X
^ Church news Assistant Bishop of Birmingham to retire (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, Jul 03, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58520; col C

Bishops of Nagpur

Eyre Chatterton • Alex Wood • Alexander Ogilvy Hardy • George Sinker • Sadanand Appaji Pathak • John William Sadiq • Ramchandra Shivappa Bhandare • Vinod Peter • Premkumar Dhotekar • Paul Dupare •

Provosts and Deans of Birmingham

Provosts	Hamilton Baynes • Harold Richards • Michael Clarke • George Sinker • Basil Moss • Peter Berry • Gordon Mursell (became Dean)

Deans	Gordon Mursell • Robert Wilkes

Office holders in the Diocese of Birmingham

The Bishop of Birmingham • The Bishop of Aston • The Dean of Birmingham Cathedral • The Archdeacon of Birmingham The Archdeacon of Aston

Assistant Bishops of Birmingham

Arthur Hamilton Baynes • William James Hughes • George Sinker • Maurice Sinclair • Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney • Albert Peter Hall •

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Name	Sinker, George
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Date of birth	5 May 1900
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Date of death	1986
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