Bill Ind

William " Bill" Ind ( born March 26, 1942) is a former Anglican Bishop of Truro English origin.

Training

Bill Ind was the son of William Robert Ind and Florence Emily Spritey. He was educated at the Duke of York 's School, Dover and studied at the University of Leeds and at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield. In 1964 he graduated in Leeds for a Bachelor of Arts.

Career

1966 Ind was ordained to the dean and the following year a priest. From 1966 to 1971 he was Vicar of Feltham and 1971 to 1973 from St Mary's Northolt. In 1973 he was team vicar ( Community Vicar of several municipalities ) in Basingstoke and 1979 deputy head of the Aston Training Scheme, a training program for clergy. In 1982 he was appointed Director of Ordinands in the diocese of Winchester, was a member of the Doctrine Commission and in 1984 honorary canon of Winchester. He held until 1987, until he became Suffragan Bishop of Grantham All these items. In 1997 he was appointed the 14th Bishop of Truro. He became a member of the House of Lords in 2002 as such, as a spiritual lord.

Bill was known for his writing Ind People of God and his support of the Eden Project. In 2004, he starred in the BBC documentary series A Seaside Parish, which reported on the daily life in an Anglican church when he visited Boscastle during that time severe flood, and later in the sequel to Iceland Parish.

On 12 May 2007 Bill Ind explained, also known as Bishop Bill, before the Diocesan Synod, that he would resign on 30 April 2008. After his resignation, he took over priestly duties in the diocese of Salisbury. About 4,000 people attended his farewell party at the Eden Project. In 2012, he became ill with cancer and had to undergo treatment and surgery. In July 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter.

Apology for the Church's role in the Prayer Book Rebellion

In June 2007, Bill Ind explained the massacre of thousands of Catholic rebels in Cornwall during the Prayer Book Rebellion more than 450 years ago was an " egregious error " ( " enormous mistake" ) have been, for the Church of England should be ashamed. During a ceremony in Pelynt, Ind spoke of "the brutality and stupidity" of that violence.

" Often I am asked about my attitude to the Prayer Book Rebellion and in my opinion, there is no doubt did the English Government behaved brutally and stupidly and killed many Cornish people. I do not think apologising for something did happened over 500 years ago helps, but I am sorry about what happened and I think it what to enormous mistake. "

"I was often asked about my opinion on the Prayer Book Rebellion, and there is in my opinion no doubt that the English Government behaved brutally and stupid, and slew many residents of Cornwall. I do not think it uses to apologize for something that happened over 500 years ago, but I'm sorry, and I think that was a big mistake. "

Ind penetrated within the church that they accept their share of the blame for events in the story in which ten percent of the Cornish people were killed. At a meeting of the Celtic League in October 2004 in Perranporth, delegates from six Celtic countries unanimously supported a petition to the church, they should recognize their complicity in it, " that was Prayerbook Uprising ' in 1549 challenged and suppressed " and " for all what has been done since then and, in order to suppress the national identity of Cornwall, political freedom, language and culture ". Bishop Ind himself added: " Cornwall is a place that needs to be protected and loved. It was never an English county, it has its own language and reminds us through its history of connections to Ireland, Wales, Brittany and the Celtic past. "