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'''George Sinker''' (5 May 1900 – 19 January 1986) was [[Anglican Bishop of Nagpur|bishop of Nagpur]] and [[provost of Birmingham Cathedral]].<ref>''Birmingham Post and Mail Yearbook and Who's Who 1973-74'', Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd, July 1973</ref><br />
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He was born in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|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 [[Charles Hulbert Madden|Colonel C H Madden OBE MC]].<br />
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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 (1901–1955)|North West Frontier Province]], India. He moved to [[Peshawar]] in 1932. He was appointed headmaster of the [[Bishop Cotton School (Shimla)|Bishop Cotton School]], [[Shimla|Simla]], in 1935, then [[Canon (priest)|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.<ref>[[Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who” 1897-1990]] London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref><br />
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On his return to the United Kingdom, he was successively Vicar of Bakewell (and an [[Assistant Bishop of Derby]]) from 1954 to 1962 and [[Dean of Birmingham|Provost of Birmingham Cathedral]] (and an [[Assistant Bishop of Birmingham]]) from 1962 to 1972.<ref>''Church news Assistant Bishop of Birmingham to retire (Official Appointments and Notices)'' [[The Times]] Monday, 3 Jul 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58520; col C</ref> He died in [[Macclesfield]] in 1986.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
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*''Jesus loved Martha'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1949.<br />
*''What was Jesus doing on the Cross?'', India, 1952<br />
*''His Very Words'', Hodder and Stoughton, 1953<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Succession box| before=[[J. S. M. Hooper]]<br />1944-1947<ref name="ABS"/>| title=General Secretary, <br />[[Bible Society of India]], [[Nagpur]]|after=P. Mahanty<br/>1949-1958<ref name="ABS"/>| years=1947-1949<ref name="ABS">''Annual Report of the American Bible Society'', Volume 149, American Bible Society, 1964, p.144. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VXTfAAAAMAAJ&dq=hooper+general+secretary+bible+society+of+india&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=hooper]</ref>}}<br />
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