# Nick Dill

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{{Short description|Bermudian Anglican bishop}}
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{{for|the Bermudian politician|Nicholas Bayard Dill}}
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'''Nicholas Bayard Botolf Dill''' (born 1963) is a Bermudian [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) 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](/source/American_Revolutionary_War) hero [John Neilson](/source/John_Neilson_(colonel)) as well as the Bayard and [Schuyler](/source/Schuyler_family) families of New York and New Jersey. Dill is a cousin of the Academy Award-winning actor and producer [Michael Douglas](/source/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](/source/Saltus_Grammar_School) in Bermuda and then at [Oundle School](/source/Oundle_School) in the England, both [independent school](/source/independent_school)s.<ref name="RG consecrated" /> In 1986, Dill graduated with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) (BA) degree in history and politics from [Trinity College](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Toronto) of the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto).<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="RG consecrated" /> He went on to earn a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) (LLB) degree from [Queen Mary College](/source/Queen_Mary_University_of_London) in [London](/source/London%2C_England) in 1990.<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="RG consecrated" />

After graduating with his law degree, he undertook a [pupillage](/source/pupillage) at the chambers of Roger Henderson, after which he qualified as a [barrister](/source/barrister).<ref name="RG consecrated" /> He then worked at [Conyers Dill & Pearman](/source/Conyers_Dill_%26_Pearman), the law firm cofounded by his grandfather [Bayard Dill](/source/Nicholas_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](/source/Wycliffe_Hall%2C_Oxford).<ref name="9 Christmas Things" /> He was [ordained](/source/ordained) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) as a [deacon](/source/Deacon) by Bishop [Ewen Ratteray](/source/Ewen_Ratteray) in 1998 and as a [priest](/source/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](/source/curacy) and then as an associate minister at [All Saints Church, Lindfield](/source/All_Saints_Church%2C_Lindfield) in the [Diocese of Chichester](/source/Diocese_of_Chichester).<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="RG consecrated" /> In 2005, he returned to Bermuda to become [priest in charge](/source/priest_in_charge) of the [Parish of Pembroke](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Nick_Baines_(bishop)), 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](/source/Cathedral_of_the_Most_Holy_Trinity%2C_Bermuda) in [Hamilton, Bermuda](/source/Hamilton%2C_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](/source/The_Royal_Gazette_(Bermuda))|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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