{{Short description|Bermudian Anglican bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{for|the Bermudian politician|Nicholas Bayard Dill}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = bishop | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Nick Dill | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Bermuda | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | church = Anglican Church of Bermuda | archdiocese = | province = ''extra-provincial'' | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | term = 2013 to present | predecessor = Patrick White | successor = | opposed = | other_post = | previous_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1997 | ordained_by = | consecration = 29 May 2013 | consecrated_by = Nick Baines | laicized = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered --> | birth_place = <!-- City, administrative region, country (per Template:Infobox person) --> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | religion = Anglicanism | residence = | parents = <!-- Names of parents; include only if they are independently notable or particularly relevant. --> | spouse = <!-- or | partner = --> | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = Trinity College, Toronto <br /> Queen Mary University of London <br /> Wycliffe Hall, Oxford }} '''Nicholas Bayard Botolf Dill''' (born 1963) is a Bermudian Anglican bishop.

== Background == Dill, one of three siblings, was born in 1963 to Nicholas Bayard Dill Jr. and his wife, Bitten ({{nee}} Birgitte Brodtkorb). His mother is of Norwegian ancestry.<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/uk/obituaries/theroyalgazette/name/nicholas-dill-obituary?pid=196862335 Obituary: Nicholas Bayard Dill Jr.], Legacy.com. Accessed 18 December 2022.</ref>

The Dill family has resided in Bermuda since the 1630s, and through his ancestor, Ruth Rapilje Neilson, he is a descendant of American Revolutionary War 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 Michael Douglas.<ref>[http://www.bermudasun.bm/Content/FAITH/Faith/Article/Stars-congratulate-new-bishop/42/140/66928 Stars congratulate new bishop], bermudasun.bm. Accessed 18 December 2022.</ref>

Dill was educated at Saltus Grammar School in Bermuda and then at Oundle School in the England, both independent schools.<ref name="RG consecrated" /> In 1986, Dill graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in history and politics from Trinity College of the University of Toronto.<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="RG consecrated" /> He went on to earn a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Queen Mary College in London in 1990.<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="RG consecrated" />

After graduating with his law degree, he undertook a pupillage at the chambers of Roger Henderson, after which he qualified as a barrister.<ref name="RG consecrated" /> He then worked at Conyers Dill & Pearman, the law firm cofounded by his grandfather Bayard Dill.<ref name="9 Christmas Things" />

== Faith and ordained ministry == Dill became a committed Christian after being inspired by the faith of his older sister Karin.<ref name="ten years">{{cite news |last1=Crockwell |first1=Juanae |title=Nicholas Dill marks ten years as Bishop |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/religion/lifestyle/article/20230527/nicholas-dill-marks-ten-years-as-bishop/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=The Royal Gazette |date=27 May 2023}}</ref>

Dill went to the UK for theological training and studied at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.<ref name="9 Christmas Things" /> He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon by Bishop Ewen Ratteray in 1998 and as a priest in 1999.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Dill | forenames = Nicholas Bayard Botolf | id = 22669 | accessed = 26 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="RG consecrated">{{cite news |last1=Westhead |first1=Sara |title=Dill consecrated as new Bishop of Bermuda |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20130530/dill-consecrated-as-new-bishop-of-bermuda/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=The Royal Gazette |date=30 May 2013}}</ref> From 1998 to 2005, he served his curacy and then as an associate minister at All Saints Church, Lindfield in the Diocese of Chichester.<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="RG consecrated" /> In 2005, he returned to Bermuda to become priest in charge of the Parish of Pembroke.<ref name="9 Christmas Things">{{cite web |title=9 Christmas Things with Bishop Nick Dill |url=https://www.thebermudian.com/people/25-things-with/christmas-things-with-bishop-nick-dill/ |website=The Bermudian Magazine |access-date=26 March 2025 |date=20 December 2024}}</ref> During his seven years leading the parish of three churches, attendance rose from 350 to 500 people each week.<ref name="hopefuls">{{cite news |last1=Bell |first1=Jonathan |title=Bishop of Bermuda hopefuls look to the future |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20121213/bishop-of-bermuda-hopefuls-look-to-the-future/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=The Royal Gazette |date=13 December 2012}}</ref>

On 2 February 2013, Dill was elected as the Bishop of Bermuda.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nicholas Dill elected as Bishop |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20130202/nicholas-dill-elected-as-bishop/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=The Royal Gazette |date=2 February 2013}}</ref> He was consecrated as a bishop on 29 May 2013 by Nicholas Baines, the Bishop of Bradford, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury.<ref name="Extra-Provincial">{{cite web |last1=Conger |first1=George |title=Extra-Provincial Dioceses under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury |url=https://anglican.ink/article/extra-provincial-dioceses-under-jurisdiction-archbishop-canterbury |website=anglican.ink |access-date=26 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214022949/https://anglican.ink/article/extra-provincial-dioceses-under-jurisdiction-archbishop-canterbury |archive-date=14 February 2016 |date=11 January 2016}}</ref> He was then installed as the 12th, and youngest, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Hamilton, Bermuda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130530/NEWS/705299896|title=Dill consecrated as new Bishop of Bermuda|publisher=The Royal Gazette|date=30 May 2013}}</ref>

== Personal life == Dill married Fiona Campbell in 1990 and has six children.<ref>[https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20180512/bishops-wife-helps-young-moms/ Bishop's wife helps young mom's], royalgazette.com. Accessed 18 December 2022.</ref>

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