Bill Ind

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

education

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

career

In 1966 Ind was ordained dean and the following year a priest. From 1966 to 1971 he was Vicar of Feltham and from 1971 to 1973 of St Mary's Northolt . In 1973 he became team vicar in Basingstoke and in 1979 he was assistant director of the Aston Training Scheme , a training program for clergy. In 1982 he was appointed Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of Winchester , became a member of the Doctrine Commission and in 1984 Honorary Canon of Winchester . He held all these posts until 1987, when he became suffragan bishop of Grantham . In 1997 he was named 14th Bishop of Truro. In 2002 he became a member of the House of Lords as a spiritual lord .

Bill Ind became known for his writing People of God and his support for the Eden Project . In 2004 he appeared in the BBC documentary series A Seaside Parish , which covered everyday life in an Anglican community when he visited Boscastle during the heavy tide at the time, and later in the sequel An Island Parish .

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

Sorry for the role the Church played in the Prayer Book Rebellion

In June 2007, Bill Ind stated that the massacre of thousands of Catholic rebels in Cornwall during the Prayer Book Rebellion more than 450 years ago was an "enormous mistake" of which the Church of England should be ashamed. During a ceremony in Pelynt , Ind spoke of the "brutality and stupidity" of the violence at the time.

"I am often asked about my attitude to the Prayerbook Rebellion and in my opinion, there is no doubt that the English Government behaved brutally and stupidly and killed many Cornish people. I don't think apologising for something that happened over 500 years ago helps, but I am sorry about what happened and I think it was an enormous mistake. "

- Joe Rogers : From an Irish Market Town, Baltimore 2011, p. 137

“I have been asked many times about my opinion on the Prayerbook Rebellion and there is no doubt in my opinion that the English government has acted brutally and stupidly and had many of the Cornish residents killed. I don't think there's any point in apologizing for something that happened over 500 years ago, but I'm sorry and I think it was a big mistake. "

Ind urged the Church to accept her complicity for events in history that killed ten percent of the Cornish population. At a meeting of the Celtic League in Perranporth in October 2004 , delegates from six Celtic countries unanimously supported a request to the church to acknowledge their complicity in “that the 'Prayer Book Uprising' in 1549 was challenged and suppressed” and “for everything what has since been and is being done to suppress Cornish national identity, political freedom, language and culture ” . Bishop Ind himself added: “Cornwall is a place to be protected and loved. It was never an English county, it has its own language and its history reminds us of connections to Ireland , Wales , Brittany and the Celtic past. "