Nicholas Bayard Botolf Dill (born 1963) is a Bermudian

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bishop.

Background

Dill, one of three siblings, was born in 1963 to Nicholas Bayard Dill Jr. and his wife, Bitten ( Birgitte Brodtkorb). His mother is of Norwegian ancestry. The Dill family has resided in Bermuda since the 1630s, and through his ancestor, Ruth Rapilje Neilson, he is a descendant of

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hero John Neilson as well as the Bayard and Schuyler families of New York and New Jersey. Dill is a cousin of the Academy Award-winning actor and producer

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. Dill was educated at

Saltus Grammar School Saltus Grammar School, founded in 1880, is an independent school in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda. It was a boys' school until 1992, when it became co-educational. It has two campuses, one for the Lower Primary (Foundation - Year 2) and one for the Up ...

in Bermuda and then at

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in the England, both

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s. In 1986, Dill graduated with a

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(BA) degree in history and politics from

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of the

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. He went on to earn a

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(LLB) degree from

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in 1990. After graduating with his law degree, he undertook a

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at the chambers of Roger Henderson, after which he qualified as a

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. He then worked at Conyers Dill & Pearman, the law firm cofounded by his grandfather Bayard Dill.

Faith and ordained ministry

Dill became a committed Christian after being inspired by the faith of his older sister Karin. Dill went to the UK for theological training and studied at

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. He was by was

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in the

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as a

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by Bishop Ewen Ratteray in 1998 and as a

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in 1999. From 1998 to 2005, he served his

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and then as an associate minister at All Saints Church, Lindfield in the

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. In 2005, he returned to Bermuda to become

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of the Parish of Pembroke. During his seven years leading the parish of three churches, attendance rose from 350 to 500 people each week. On 2 February 2013, Dill was elected as the next

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. He was consecrated as a bishop on 29 May 2013 by Nicholas Baines, the Bishop of Bradford, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was then installed as the 12th, and youngest, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in

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Personal life

Dill married Fiona Campbell in 1990 and has six children.Bishop's wife helps young mom's
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References

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