John William Hind is a theologian and the Bishop of Chichester in the Church of England. Hind attended Watford Grammar School for Boys and went to Leeds University where he studied theology before teaching in a secondary school and a college of education. Following training for ordination at Cuddesdon College he was ordained in Southwark Cathedral in 1972.

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  • John William Hind is a theologian and the Bishop of Chichester in the Church of England. Hind attended Watford Grammar School for Boys and went to Leeds University where he studied theology before teaching in a secondary school and a college of education. Following training for ordination at Cuddesdon College he was ordained in Southwark Cathedral in 1972. After working in parishes in the Diocese of Southwark; Catford St John as curate (1972-76) and Christ Church Forest Hill as vicar (1976-82), he was appointed Principal of Chichester Theological College in 1982. He became the area (or suffragan) Bishop of Horsham in the Chichester diocese in 1991; but quite swiftly in 1993 was 'translated' to be Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe (often shortened to 'Bishop of Europe'). On the retirement of Eric Kemp in 2001 after 26 years as Bishop of Chichester, John Hind succeeded him in the see of Saint Wilfrid, Saint Richard of Chichester, Lancelot Andrewes and George Bell, amongst others. He was one of the 'rebel' bishops who signed a letter against Rowan Williams' appointment of the Reverend Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading in 2003, due to John being a self-identified homosexual. The others were the Bishops of Bradford, Carlisle, Chester, Exeter, Liverpool, Rochester, Southwell and Winchester. Although his diocese includes the city of Brighton and Hove, which has a disproportionately high percentage gay population, John Hind has a history of opposition to initiatives such as (and including) civil partnership.
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  • John William Hind is a theologian and the Bishop of Chichester in the Church of England. Hind attended Watford Grammar School for Boys and went to Leeds University where he studied theology before teaching in a secondary school and a college of education. Following training for ordination at Cuddesdon College he was ordained in Southwark Cathedral in 1972.
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  • John William Hind
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