John Hind (Bishop)
BackJohn Hind was born in Watford in 1945 and was educated at Watford Grammar School and Leeds University, before teaching in a secondary school and a college of education. He trained for the priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College and worked for 10 years in parish in Southwark Diocese. In 1982 he was appointed Principal of Chichester Theological College and a residentiary canon of Chichester Cathedral.
In 1981 he was ordained Area Bishop of Horsham in Chichester Diocese and in 1993 was appointed diocesan bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, overseeing about 200 congregations in 40 countries. In 2001 he became Bishop of Chichester.
Bishop John is chairman of the Faith and Order Advisory Group, responsible for advising the House of Bishops and the Council for Christian Unity on ecumenical and theological matters. He is a vice-moderator of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches.