Bill Down

The Rt Revd Bill Down MA(Cantab)
Assistant Bishop of Leicester
Diocese	Diocese of Leicester
In office	1995–2001
Predecessor	Godfrey Ashby
Successor	unknown
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (2001–present) Bishop of Bermuda (1990–1995)
Orders
Ordination	1959 (deacon); 1960 (priest)
Consecration	1990
Personal details
Born	15 July 1934 Surrey, UK
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	William & Beryl Collett
Spouse	Sylvia Aves (m. 1960)
Children	2 sons; 2 daughters
Profession	Missionary; writer
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

William John Denbigh "Bill" Down (born 15 July 1934) was the ninth Bishop of Bermuda and later the Assistant Bishop of Leicester.

Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, Down was ordained in 1960. His first post was as a curate at St Paul's Church, Salisbury^[1] after which he was secretary to the Missions to Seaman and chaplain of St Michael Paternoster Royal^[2] until his ordination to the episcopate in 1990.^[3] He returned to England as the Assistant Bishop of Leicester before retiring in 2001.^[4]

References

1. Church website
2. Crockford's clerical directory, 1995, Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
3. "Down, Rt Rev. William John Denbigh", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 22 July 2012
4. Oremus