British bishop
William John Denbigh Down (born 15 July 1934) was a British cleric who 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 , after which he was secretary to the Missions to Seaman , chaplain of St Michael Paternoster Royal ,[ 1] and honorary chaplain to the Carmen's Company [ 2] until his ordination to the episcopate in 1990.[ 3] [ 4] He returned to England as the Assistant Bishop of Leicester in 1995[ 5] before retiring in 2001.[ 6]
References
^ Crockford's clerical directory , 1995 , Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6 )
^ "Luncheon: Carmen's Company" . The Times . 31 January 1990. p. 18.
^ "Down, Rt Rev. William John Denbigh", Who's Who 2012 , A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1] , accessed 22 July 2012
^ "New Bishop of Bermuda" . The Times . 20 October 1989. p. 16.
^ "Church news" . The Times . 25 August 1995. p. 18.
^ Oremus
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