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In office
  
1995–2001

Name
  
Bill Down

Successor
  
unknown

Predecessor
  

Nationality
  
British

Consecration
  
1990

Denomination
  
Other posts
  
Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (2001–present)Bishop of Bermuda (1990–1995)

Ordination
  
1959 (deacon); 1960 (priest)

Born
  
15 July 1934 (age 90) Surrey, UK (
1934-07-15
)

Books
  
On Course Together: The Churches' Ministry in the Maritime World Today

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 (he proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts {MA(Cantab)}), 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 and chaplain of St Michael Paternoster Royal until his ordination to the episcopate in 1990. He returned to England as the Assistant Bishop of Leicester before retiring in 2001.

References

Bill Down Wikipedia


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