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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [[Bishop]]
| name = Frank Whittaker
| honorific-suffix = ''Ayyagaru''
| title = [[Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India|Bishop in Medak]]
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| church = [[Church of South India]]
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India|Medak]]
| see = [[Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India|Medak]]
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| term = 27 September 1947-March 1960<ref name="Rajaiah2">Rajaiah David Paul, ''Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India'', The Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1972, p.86 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5cpWAAAAMAAJ&q=frank+whittaker+dornakal&dq=frank+whittaker+dornakal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8-aOxt_LTAhWHLo8KHUiZDi0Q6AEIPDAF]</ref>
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| predecessor = ''Post created''
| successor = [[Eber Priestley]]
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| ordination = [[English Wesleyan Mission|Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society]]
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| consecration = 27 September 1947<ref>[[P. Surya Prakash]], ''[[Diocese of Karimnagar]] 133 years and beyond - A story of transformation 1879-2012. [https://oimts.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/2013-2-prakash.pdf]</ref>
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| birth_name = Frank Whittaker
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1894|12|14}}<ref name="Rajaiah"/>
| birth_place = [[England]]
| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1961|12|10|1894|12|14}}<ref name="Long title"/>
| death_place =[[Dornakal]]
|buried = Epiphany Cathedral Compound, Dornakal
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| nationality = [[England|English]]
| religion = [[Christianity]]
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| education =[[Master of Arts]]<ref>[[Stanley Reed (British politician)|Sir Stanley Reed]], ''The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who'', Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1954, p.961.[https://books.google.com/books?id=fgQfAQAAMAAJ&q=frank+whittaker+dornakal&dq=frank+whittaker+dornakal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8-aOxt_LTAhWHLo8KHUiZDi0Q6AEIKzAC]</ref>
| alma_mater = [[St John's College, Cambridge]]<ref name="Rajaiah"/>
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'''Frank Whittaker''' (born 1894;<ref name="Rajaiah">Rajaiah David Paul, ''The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India'', The Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958, p.264.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mNEsAAAAIAAJ&q=bishop+frank+whittaker+1894&dq=bishop+frank+whittaker+1894&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRlPPbsvLTAhULt48KHfk0CvoQ6AEIJjAB]</ref> died 1961<ref name="Long title">''The Church of South India, The Indian Missionary Society, Madras, and The National Missionary Society of India Jointly Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Bishop Azariah, the First Indian Bishop and Founder of The Indian Missionary Society and the National Missionary Society, on 5 and 6 October 1974 in Madras'', 1974, p.56.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tCLkAAAAMAAJ&q=frank+whittaker+medak&dq=frank+whittaker+medak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZl6anr_LTAhUBvo8KHTmTBDE4FBDoAQggMAA]</ref>) was the first Bishop - in - Medak<ref name="George">K. M. George, ''Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997'', Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. p. 272.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zmjZAAAAMAAJ&q=]</ref> in the [[Church of South India]], with his see in [[Medak]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. Originally a [[Methodism|Methodist]], he became a bishop when several denominations in India merged to form the Church of South India on 27 September 1947.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 |title=Church Union in South India|date=1 December 1947 |work=Life|page =63 (photo of Whittaker appears on p. 65)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.life.com/image/50447639|title=Methodist Bishop Frank Whittaker attending inaugeration of the Church of South India. |last=Mark Kauffman (photographer)|date=1 October 1947|work=Life|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref>

Earlier, Whittaker had been the first head of the Normal Training College in Medak.<ref>{{cite book
| author=F. Golyer Sackett
| title=Vision and Venture : A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad 1879 - 1929
| year= 1930
| location= London
| publisher= The Cargate Press
| page =185
| url =https://archive.org/stream/MN41709ucmf_4/MN41709ucmf_4_djvu.txt
}}</ref>

Rajaiah David Paul writes that in March 1960, Whittaker vacated the cathedral, paving way for [[Eber Priestley]] who was appointed on 1 November 1960<ref name="Rajaiah2"/> the same year and moved to [[Dornakal]] to teach at the Andhra Union Theological College. However, nearly a year later, due to ill-health, Whittaker died in Dornakal on 10 December 1961.<ref name="Long title"/>

==References==
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* {{cite book
| author=Rajaiah David Paul
| title=Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India
| year=1972
| volume=
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=5cpWAAAAMAAJ
}}

* {{cite book
| author=F. Golyer Sackett
| title=Vision and Venture : A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad 1879 - 1929
| year= 1930
| location= London
| publisher= The Cargate Press
| url =https://archive.org/stream/MN41709ucmf_4/MN41709ucmf_4_djvu.txt
}}

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