 The son of William Robert Ind and Florence Emily Spritey, Ind was educated at the Duke of York's School in Dover, at the University of Leeds, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in history in 1964 and at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield.Ind was ordained deacon in 1966 and priest in 1967.From 1966 to 1971, he was curate of Feltham and from 1971 to 1973 of St Mary's Northolt.