Nicholas Dill

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 ( Birgitte Brodtkorb). His mother is of Norwegian ancestry.

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.

Dill was educated at Saltus Grammar School in Bermuda and then at Oundle School in the England, both independent schools.

Dill went to the UK for theological training and studied at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. From 1998 to 2005, he served his curacy and then as an associate minister at All Saints Church, Lindfield in the Diocese of Chichester. During his seven years leading the parish of three churches, attendance rose from 350 to 500 people each week.

On 2 February 2013, Dill was elected as the Bishop of Bermuda. He was consecrated as a bishop on 29 May 2013 by Nicholas Baines, the Bishop of Bradford, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was then installed as the 12th, and youngest, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Personal life Dill married Fiona Campbell in 1990 and has six children.