Ian Patrick Martyn Cundy was a Church of England cleric who served successively as area Bishop of Lewes and Bishop of Peterborough.
10 Facts About Ian Cundy
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Ian Cundy 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.
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Ian Cundy made his general ordination exam in Tyndale Hall, Trinity College, Bristol in 1969.
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Ian Cundy was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1969, by Trevor Huddleston, Bishop of Stepney, at All Saints Church, Benhilton, and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following, by Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral; 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.
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Thereafter Ian Cundy became warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham until 1992, when he was appointed area Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester.
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Ian Cundy was consecrated a bishop on 3 July 1992 by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey, Ian Cundy was enthroned as the 37th Bishop of Peterborough in 1996, where he remained until his death in May 2009.
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Ian Cundy served as a member of the board of governors of Monkton Combe School from 1986 to 1995.
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In November 2007, it was announced that Ian Cundy was undergoing treatment for pleural mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer.
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Ian Cundy died on 7 May 2009 at the age of 64, after collapsing on his way to a family event.
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Ian Cundy was survived by his wife, Josephine Katherine Boyd whom he married in 1969, and their children, two sons and one daughter.