Derek Bond (bishop)
{{Short description|British Anglican bishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd
| name = Derek Bond
| honorific-suffix = AKC
| title = Bishop of Bradwell
| diocese = Diocese of Chelmsford
| term = 1976–1992
Area bishop: 1983–1992
| predecessor = John Gibbs
| successor = Laurie Green
| other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in Chelmsford (2006–present); in Gloucester and in Worcester (1992–2006)
Archdeacon of Colchester (1972–1976)
| ordination = 1952 (deacon); 1953 (priest)
| consecration = 1976
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|4|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|20|1927|7|4|df=y}}
| religion = Anglican
| parents = Charles & Doris
| spouse = Joan Meikle
| children = 2 sons; 2 daughters
| occupation =
| profession =
| alma_mater = King's College London
}}
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Charles Derek Bond (4 July 1927 – 20 July 2018) was a British Anglican bishop, the Bishop of Bradwell, from 1976 until 1993,”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}}) during which time the diocese's area scheme was founded in 1983.{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002
|url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=23 April 2013}}{{cite book|title=The Church of England Year Book|date=1978|publisher=Church Information Office|page=1973}}
Biography
Bond was educated at Bournemouth School and King's College London before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Peter-le-Poer, Friern Barnet.[http://www.saintpeterlepoer.org.uk/ Church web site] After incumbencies at Harringay and Harrow Weald he was appointed Archdeacon of Colchester“Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}) before being elevated to the episcopate.
In retirement he continued to serve the Church as an assistant bishop – first within the Diocese of Worcester and then in the Diocese of Chelmsford.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/bishops-dean-and-archdeacons.html |title=Diocese of Chelmsford – Bishops, Deans and Archdeacons |access-date=2011-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009162604/http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/bishops-dean-and-archdeacons.html |archive-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=dead }} He died on 20 July 2018 at the age of 91.[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/226030/bond Bond]
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Category:People educated at Bournemouth School
Category:Alumni of the Theological Department of King's College London
Category:Associates of King's College London
Category:Archdeacons of Colchester
Category:20th-century Church of England bishops
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