George Henry Cassidy (17 October 1942 – 29 March 2024) was a British Anglican bishop.
[1] The son of Joseph Abram Cassidy and Ethel McDonald, Cassidy was educated at Belfast High School and Queen's University, Belfast, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in politics and economics in 1965.
[2] Cassidy worked as planning officer in the Ministry of Development of Northern Ireland from 1967 to 1968 and in the Department of Lands and Settlements, Kenya from 1968 to 1970.
Having been appointed the 10th Bishop of Southwell in 1999, in 2005 the territorial designation of Nottingham was added to his position.
Cassidy spent much of his time in the House of Lords, where he voted against the Equality Act in early 2007.