Ian Cundy

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Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy (born 23 April 1945) is a British Anglican priest and the current Bishop of Peterborough.

The son of Henry Martyn and Kathleen Ethel Cundy, Ian Cundy was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset, at Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and theology in 1967, and obtained a Master of Arts. He made his General Ordination Exam in Tyndale Hall, Bristol in 1969. From 1969 to 1973, Cundy was assistant curate of Christ Church, New Malden, from 1973 to 1977 he was lecturer and chaplain of Oak Hill College, Southgate and from 1978 to 1983 he was team rector in Mortlake and East Sheen. In 1983, he became warden of Cranmer Hall, St John's College, Durham, a post he held until 1992. He was Suffragan Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester from 1992^[1] and was enthroned as 37th Lord Bishop of Peterborough in 1996.^[2] In November 2007, it was announced that he was undergoing treatment for mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer.^[3] Cundy has been married to Josephine Katherine Boyd since 1969; they have two sons and one daughter.

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