Sydney Bill
British bishop
About Sydney Bill
Lived 1884 – 1964 (aged 79–80). Sydney Bill was a canon.
Sydney Alfred Bill was the Bishop of Lucknow from 1939 until 1947. He was born in 1884 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1908 his first post was as Curate at St George’s Birmingham. He then emigrated to India in 1911 where he began his long association with the Lucknow Diocese, where he was successively the Bishop's Chaplain, Canon Residentiary at All Saint’s Cathedral and Archdeacon before his elevation to the episcopate. On returning to England he was Vicar of Instow for a further 8 years.
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British bishop (1884–1964)
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Sydney Bill was born in 1884.
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Sydney Bill was a canon.
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