Background
Down was born and raised in Australia – his parents were Keith and Ivy Down.
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Philip Down
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Career
Since 6 December 2015, Down has also been Joint Acting Archdeacon of Canterbury, alongside Stephen Taylor, Archdeacon of Maidstone. From 1971 until 1976, he was a pathologist at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne. He received a Diploma in Applied Science from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1976.
Down moved to Macleod Pathology Services in Melbourne, where he remained until 1978.
He became minister in Brighton, Victoria from 1983 until his emigration and was awarded a MTheol degree by the same college in 1988. He then became an assistant curate (until 1991) and then team vicar (until 1995) in Grimsby, during which time he was awarded his Master of Arts in 1993 by the University of Hull, where he lectured in medical ethics.
While in North Lincolnshire, he chaired the Research Ethics Committee of the regional National Health Service trust. Since 1995, Down has ministered in Kent – initially as Rector at Street Stephen"s, Canterbury until 2002, during which time he was additionally Area Dean of Canterbury from 1999.
He was then Archdeacon of Maidstone from 2002 until his change of post in 2011 (as part of the diocese"s restructuring).
Following the creation of the Ashford archdeaconry on 1 February 2011, Down was collated as archdeacon on 13 March. Besides his ordained ministry, Down has also lectured in Christian ethics in Canterbury.
