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William Ind (born 26 March 1942) is a retired
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Anglican
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. He was formerly the
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. The son of William Robert Ind and Florence Emily Spritey, Ind was educated at the Duke of York's School in Dover, at the
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, where he graduated with a
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(BA) in history in 1964 and at the
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in
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.


Career

Ind was ordained deacon in 1966 and priest in 1967. From 1966 to 1971, he was curate of
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and from 1971 to 1973 of St Mary's Northolt. In 1973, he became team vicar of Basingstoke, in 1979
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of the Aston Training Scheme, in 1982 Director of
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of the Winchester Diocese and member of the Doctrine Commission and in 1984 an honorary canon of Winchester, holding all posts until 1987. He was then Suffragan Bishop of Grantham until 1997, when he was appointed the 14th Bishop of Truro. Ind has been married to Frances Isobel Bramald since 1967 and they have three sons. Ind was seen in the
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series '' A Seaside Parish'' and shown visiting Boscastle at the time of the flood there. On 12 May 2007 he announced to the
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his intention of retiring on 30 April 2008.


Apology for the church's role in Cornish massacre

In June 2007, Ind said that the massacre of thousands during the vicious suppression of a Cornish
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, more than 450 years ago, was an "enormous mistake" which the church should be ashamed of. Speaking at a ceremony at
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, acknowledging the "brutality and stupidity" of the atrocities on behalf of the church, Ind said: "I am often asked about my attitude to the Prayerbook Rebellion and in my opinion, there is no doubt that the
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. 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." Ind also urged the church to accept its culpability for a period in history which saw one in ten of the indigenous Cornish population massacred. At the
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's AGM in October 2004 at
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, Cornwall, delegates from the six Celtic countries unanimously backed a motion on the church which included a call for the Church of England to acknowledge "its part in provoking and suppressing the 1549 Prayer Book Uprising" and "for all it has done since 1549 and continues to do to suppress Cornwall's national identity, political freedom, language and culture". Ind also said: "Everything about Cornwall marks it as a place to be treasured and loved," he said. "It has never been an English shire, it has its own language and it reminds us, by its history, of links to
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and a Celtic past.""Bishop Bill Apologises For Cornish Massacre", Western Morning News, June 2007
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