Background
Down, William John Denbigh was born on July 15, 1934. Son of William Leonard Frederick and Beryl Mary (Collett) Down.
Down, William John Denbigh was born on July 15, 1934. Son of William Leonard Frederick and Beryl Mary (Collett) Down.
Bachelor, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1957. Master of Arts, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1961. Student, Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
Assistant curate St. Paul's Church, Salisbury, 1959-1963. Chaplain Missions to Seamen, South Shields, 1963-1965, Hull, 1965-1971, Fremantle, Western Australia, 1971-1974, deputy general secretary, 1975, general secretary, 1976-1990. Chaplain St. Michael Paternoster Royal, 1976-1990.
Bishop of Bermuda, 1990-1995. Assistant bishop of Leicester England, 1995—2001. Priest-in-charge St. Mary's Church, Humberstone, England, 1995—2001.
Honorary assistant bishop Diocese of Oxford, England, since 2001. Chaplain RANR, 1972-1974. Honorary assistant curate St. John's, Stanmore, 1975-1990.
Honorary chaplain Worshipful Company Carmen, 1977-1990, honorary chaplain emeritus, 1990. Honorary chaplain of Farriers, 1983-1990, honorary chaplain emeritus, 1990. Honorary chaplain of Innholders, 1983-1990.
Honorary canon of Gibraltar, 1985-1990. Honorary canon of Kobe, since 1987.
Freeman City of London, 1981. Fellow Nautical Institute. Member Marylebone Cricket Club, Chipping Norton Golf Club.
Married Sylvia Mary Aves, 1960. 4 children.