Sarker was raised as a high-church Anglican. He originally studied at the University of Dhaka, with the purpose of becoming a Bengali literature teacher. He felt the call to ministry at university and he decided to pursue religious studies after finishing his degree. He first studied at the Bishop's College, in Calcutta, India, later moving to the United States, where he earned a M. Div. degree at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, in Kentucky. After being ordained an Anglican priest, he was elected bishop of the Church of Bangladesh in 2002, and consecrated Bishop in the Diocese of Kushtia on 5 January 2003. He was elected moderator of the Church of Bangladesh in 2007, and translated to the Diocese of Dhaka in October 2009 upon the retirement of the titular bishop, Michael Baroi.[1]
Sarker attended an Anglican Church in North America meeting on 13–15 May 2017, at Holy Cross Cathedral, in Loganville, Georgia, where he and Archbishop Foley Beach, of the ACNA, signed "A Joint Statement on Communion from the Primate of Bangladesh and the Primate of the Anglican Church", to affirm and celebrate the communion between both churches. The Church of Bangladesh was the first united province of the Anglican Communion to declare full communion with the ACNA.[2]
Referencesedit
^Paul Sarker Biography, Anglican Ink, 2 January 2016
^A Joint Statement on Communion from the Primate of Bangladesh and the Primate of the Anglican Church, ACNA Official Website
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Paul Sarker Biography, Anglican Ink, 2 January 2016
paul, sarker, paul, shishir, sarker, bangladeshi, church, bangladesh, bishop, from, 2007, 2019, moderator, church, bangladesh, united, protestant, church, that, holds, membership, world, communion, reformed, churches, anglican, communion, most, reverendpaul, s. Paul Shishir Sarker is a Bangladeshi Church of Bangladesh bishop He was from 2007 to 2019 the Moderator of the Church of Bangladesh a united Protestant Church that holds membership in the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the Anglican Communion The Most ReverendPaul Shishir Sarker3rd Primate and Moderator of all Church of Bangladesh4th Bishop of DhakaChurchChurch of BangladeshDioceseDhakaInstalled2007Term ended2019PredecessorMichael S BaroiSuccessorSamuel Sunil MankhinOrdersConsecration2003by B D MondalPersonal detailsPrevious post s Bishop of Kushtia 2003 2007 Alma materUniversity of DhakaEcclesiastical career editSarker was raised as a high church Anglican He originally studied at the University of Dhaka with the purpose of becoming a Bengali literature teacher He felt the call to ministry at university and he decided to pursue religious studies after finishing his degree He first studied at the Bishop s College in Calcutta India later moving to the United States where he earned a M Div degree at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in Kentucky After being ordained an Anglican priest he was elected bishop of the Church of Bangladesh in 2002 and consecrated Bishop in the Diocese of Kushtia on 5 January 2003 He was elected moderator of the Church of Bangladesh in 2007 and translated to the Diocese of Dhaka in October 2009 upon the retirement of the titular bishop Michael Baroi 1 Sarker attended an Anglican Church in North America meeting on 13 15 May 2017 at Holy Cross Cathedral in Loganville Georgia where he and Archbishop Foley Beach of the ACNA signed A Joint Statement on Communion from the Primate of Bangladesh and the Primate of the Anglican Church to affirm and celebrate the communion between both churches The Church of Bangladesh was the first united province of the Anglican Communion to declare full communion with the ACNA 2 References edit Paul Sarker Biography Anglican Ink 2 January 2016 A Joint Statement on Communion from the Primate of Bangladesh and the Primate of the Anglican Church ACNA Official WebsiteExternal links editPaul Sarker Biography Anglican Ink 2 January 2016 Anglican Communion titles Preceded byMichael Baroi Primate amp Moderator of the Church of BangladeshBishop of Dhaka2009 2019 Succeeded bySamuel Sunil Mankhin Bishop of Kushtia2003 2009 nbsp This article about an Anglican bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Sarker amp oldid 1221902892, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
