Ian Cundy
{{short description|Church of England cleric}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Ian Cundy
| honorific-suffix =
| title = Bishop of Peterborough
| church = Church of England
| diocese = Diocese of Peterborough
| term = 1996–2009
| predecessor = Bill Westwood
| successor = Donald Allister
| other_post = Area Bishop of Lewes
1992–1996
| ordination = {{circa|1969}}
| consecration = {{circa|1992}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|4|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sherborne, Dorset
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|7|1945|4|23|df=y}}
| buried = Peterborough Cathedral
| nationality = British
| religion = Anglican
| parents = Henry Martyn Cundy and
Kathleen Ethel Hemmings
| spouse = Josephine Katherine Boyd
m. 1969
| children = 2 sons, 1 daughter
| alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge
}}
Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy (23 April 1945{{snd}}7 May 2009) was a Church of England cleric who served successively as area Bishop of Lewes and Bishop of Peterborough.
Background
Born in Sherborne, Dorset, on 23 April 1945, he was the son of Henry Martyn Cundy and his wife Kathleen Ethel Hemmings.{{cite news | last = Howson | first = Geoffrey | title = Obituary - Henry Martyn Cundy | newspaper = The Independent | date = 8 March 2005 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/h-martyn-cundy-527606.html | access-date = 18 August 2009 }} He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and theology in 1967, and obtained a Master of Arts. Cundy made his general ordination exam in Tyndale Hall, Trinity College, Bristol in 1969.
Career
Cundy was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1969 (28 September), by Trevor Huddleston, Bishop of Stepney, at All Saints Church, Benhilton,{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1969_10_03_015 | issue = 5564 | date = 3 October 1969 | page = 15 | accessed = 25 May 2019 }} and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (27 September 1970), by Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral;{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1970_10_02_015 | issue = 5616 | date = 2 October 1970 | page = 15 | accessed = 25 May 2019 }} he served first as assistant curate of Christ Church, New Malden until 1973 and subsequently lecturer and chaplain of Oak Hill Theological College in Southgate, London until 1977.{{cite news | title = Obituary - Ian Cundy | newspaper = The Telegraph | date = 11 May 2009 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/5309760/The-Right-Reverend-Ian-Cundy.html | access-date = 11 May 2009 }} A year later, he was nominated team rector in Mortlake and East Sheen, a post he held until 1983.{{cite news | last = Townley | first = Peter | title = Obituary - Ian Cundy | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 28 May 2009 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/28/obituary-right-rev-ian-cundy | access-date = 18 August 2009 }} Thereafter Cundy became warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham until 1992, when he was appointed area Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester.{{London Gazette| issue = 52973 |page=10709 | date = 25 June 1992 }} He was consecrated a bishop on 3 July 1992 by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey,{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1992_07_10_003 | issue = 6752 | date = 10 July 1992 | page = 3 | accessed = 24 May 2019 }} He was enthroned as the 37th Bishop of Peterborough in 1996, where he remained until his death in May 2009.{{London Gazette| issue = 54456 |page=9013 | date = 4 July 1996 }}
Cundy served as a member of the board of governors of Monkton Combe School from 1986 to 1995.A Delightful Inheritance by P. LeRoy, Monkton Print, 2018.
Illness and death
In November 2007, it was announced that Cundy was undergoing treatment for pleural mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer.{{cite news | title = Bishop has rare type of lung cancer | newspaper = Northampton Evening Telegraph | date = 7 November 2007 | url = http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Bishop-has-rare-type-of.3450568.jp | access-date = 7 November 2007 | archive-date = 4 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080304114148/http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Bishop-has-rare-type-of.3450568.jp | url-status = dead }} In October 2008, he announced his intention to take early retirement in July 2009 due to ill health.{{cite news | first = Kirsten | last = Beacock | title = Bishop set to retire early to fight lung cancer | newspaper = Peterborough Evening Telegraph | date = 22 October 2008 | url = http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Bishop-set-to-retire-early.4616457.jp | access-date = 1 November 2008 | archive-date = 23 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081023151806/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Bishop-set-to-retire-early.4616457.jp | url-status = dead }} Cundy died on 7 May 2009 at the age of 64, after collapsing on his way to a family event.{{cite news | title = Bishop dies on way to see family | newspaper = BBC News | date = 8 May 2009 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8039869.stm | access-date = 8 May 2009 }}{{cite news | first = E. T. | last = Staff | title = The Bishop of Peterborough has died | newspaper = Peterborough Evening Telegraph | date = 8 May 2009 | url = http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Breaking-News-Bishop-of-Peterborough.5248874.jp | access-date = 8 May 2009 | archive-date = 11 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090511092934/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Breaking-News-Bishop-of-Peterborough.5248874.jp | url-status = dead }} He was survived by his wife, Josephine Katherine Boyd whom he married in 1969, and their children, two sons and one daughter.{{cite news | title = Obituary - Ian Cundy | newspaper = The Times | date = 20 May 2009 | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6321283.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100524005040/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6321283.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 May 2010 | access-date = 18 August 2009 | location=London}} Following a Eucharist in Peterborough Cathedral, Cundy was buried, a week after his death.{{cite news | first = Kirsten | last = Beacock | title = Funeral of the Bishop of Peterborough | newspaper = Peterborough Evening Telegraph | date = 20 May 2009 | url = http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Funeral-of-the-Bishop-of.5283944.jp | access-date = 18 August 2009 | archive-date = 25 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090525014155/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Funeral-of-the-Bishop-of.5283944.jp | url-status = dead }}
Cundy lecture series
A lecture series was established in his name at Cranmer Hall, Durham. The 2011 lecture was given by Mary Tanner.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ccnm.org Christ Church New Malden]
- {{cite web | url = http://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/downloads/funeralservice.pdf | title = Order of Service for the funeral of The Right Reverend Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy, 1945–2009| access-date = 18 August 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
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Category:People educated at Monkton Combe School
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