George Sinker, MA, was Bishop of Nagpur and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral

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He was the son of Rev. R. Sinker and was educated at Rossall School

Rossall School

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 and Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, Oxford

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. 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

Bishop Cotton School

Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is one of the oldest boarding school in Asia, having been founded on 28 July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton. The alumni of Bishop Cotton are known as Old Cottonians...

, Simla in 1935. After being General Secretary of the Bible society

Bible society

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 for India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1946, he was appointed Bishop of Nagpur

Bishop of Nagpur

The Bishop of Nagpur exercises episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Nagpur of the Church of North India.-Succession:This is an incomplete list of people who have served as the Bishop of Nagpur.-See also:*Christianity in India...

 in 1949.

On his return to the UK, he was successively Assistant Bishop of Derby

Derby

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 from 1954 to 1961 and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral

Provost of Birmingham Cathedral

The Provost of Birmingham Cathedral is the senior member of clergy responsible for St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham, England. The post is the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals ....

 from 1962 to 1972. 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