Diocese of Winchester

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Diocese of Winchester
Church of England
Province: Canterbury
Arms of the Bishop of Winchester
Arms of the Bishop of Winchester

Winchester Cathedral
Bishop: Tim Dakin
Cathedral: Winchester Cathedral
Organisation
Suffragan
bishop(s):
Bishop of Basingstoke
Bishop of Southampton
Archdeaconries: Bournemouth, Winchester
No. of parishes: 306
No. of churches: 410
Details
Website: winchester.anglican.org

The Diocese of Winchester is one of the most senior bishoprics of the Church of England. Its seat is at Winchester in Hampshire and it forms part of the Province of Canterbury.

The Diocese was founded in 676, it is one of the oldest and largest of the dioceses in England.

The area of the diocese incorporates the majority of Hampshire, and the Channel Islands, but of Hampshire it excludes:

The Channel Islands were transferred from the Diocese of Coutances Coutances in Normandy in 1500 and an Order in Council issued by Queen Elizabeth I dated 11 March 1569 "perpetually united" the islands with the Diocese of Winchester.[1] The Islands operate their own Canon Law under the Bishop of Winchester.

The diocese historically covered a much larger area, originally including all of Hampshire and Surrey, but major diocesan boundary changes were introduced in 1927 to create two new bishoprics in Surrey (Guildford and Southwark), and a new Diocese of Portsmouth for the latter city and the Isle of Wight.

Organisation

The diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries:

The Bishop of Winchester heads the diocese and is assisted by two suffragan bishops, the Bishops of Basingstoke and Southampton, who are responsible as area bishops for the north and south of the diocese respectively (roughly corresponding to the archdeaconries of Winchester and Bournemouth).[2] From 1895 until the suffragan See of Basingstoke was created in 1973, the Bishop of Southampton was the suffragan bishop for the whole diocese.

Bishops of Winchester

The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester, and his seat is at Winchester Cathedral in the City of Winchester.

The Bishop of Winchester is one of the most senior bishops in the Church of England and one of just five who sit in the House of Lords among the Lords Spiritual by office regardless of their length of service.

The official residence of the Bishop of Winchester is Wolvesey Palace in Winchester. Other homes historically included Farnham Castle and a residence at Winchester Palace in Southwark, Surrey. The bishop is the visitor to five Oxford colleges including New College, Oxford and St John's College, Oxford. He also holds the position of prelate of the Order of the Garter.

List of bishops

Saxon to Norman

From Until Incumbent Notes
660 663 Wine
670 before 676 Leuthere
676 ?705 Hædde Canonized
c.705 744 Daniel
744 betw. 749–756 Hunfrith
756 betw. 759–778 Cyneheard
betw. 759–778 betw. 759–778 Æthelheard
betw. 759–778 betw. 781–785 Ecgbald
betw. 781–785 betw. 781–785 Dudd
betw. 781–785 betw. 801–803 Cyneberht
betw. 801–803 betw. 805–814 Ealhmund
betw. 805–814 836 Wigthegn
before 825 836 Herefrith Never attests without Wigthegn.
betw. 833–838 838 Eadhun
838 or 839 betw. 844–853 Helmstan
852 or 853 betw. 862–865 Swithun Canonized. Patron saint of Winchester.
betw. 862–867 betw. 871–877 Ealhferth
betw. 871–877 878 or 879 Tunbeorht
878 or 879 908 Denewulf
909 932 or 933 Frithestan Also recorded as Frithustan. Canonized
931 934 Byrnstan Also recorded as Beornstan. Canonized
934 or 935 951 Ælfheah (I) ("the Bald")
951 959 Ælfsige (I) Translated to Canterbury
960 963 Beorhthelm Possibly Translated from Selsey
963 984 Æthelwold (I) Canonized
984 1006 Ælfheah (II) Translated to Canterbury. Canonized.
1006 Cenwulf
1006 1012 Æthelwold (II)
1012 1032 Ælfsige (II)
1032 1047 Ælfwine
1047 1070 Stigand Translated from Elmham. Held Winchester with Canterbury 1052–1070.

Norman to Reformation

From Until Incumbent Notes
1070 1098 Walkelin
1100 1129 William Giffard
1129 1171 Henry of Blois
1173 1188 Richard of Ilchester
1189 1204 Godfrey de Luci
1205 (Richard Poore) Election quashed
1205 1238 Peter des Roches
1238 1239 (Ralph Neville) Election quashed
1240 1250 William de Raley Translated from Norwich
1250 1260 Aymer de Valence
1261 1262 (Andrew of London) Election quashed
1261 1262 (William de Taunton) Election quashed
1262 1268 John Gervais
1268 1280 Nicholas of Ely
1280 (Robert Burnell) Election quashed June 1280.
1280 1282 (Richard de la More) Never consecrated, resigned June 1282.
1282 1304 John of Pontoise
1305 1316 Henry Woodlock
1316 1319 John Sandale
1319 1323 Rigaud of Assier
1323 1333 John de Stratford Translated to Canterbury
1333 1345 Adam Orleton Translated from Worcester
1345 1366 William Edington
1366 1404 William of Wykeham Founded Winchester College and New College, Oxford
1404 1447 Henry Beaufort Translated from Lincoln
1447 1486 William Waynflete
1487 1492 Peter Courtenay Translated from Exeter
1493 1501 Thomas Langton Translated from Salisbury
1501 1528 Richard Foxe Translated from Durham
1529 1530 Thomas Wolsey Archbishop of York. Held in commendam the see of Winchester.
Source(s):[3][4][5][6]

During the Reformation

From Until Incumbent Notes
1531 1551 Stephen Gardiner (1st tenure)
1551 1553 John Ponet Translated from Rochester
1553 1555 Stephen Gardiner (2nd tenure)
1556 1559 John White Translated from Lincoln
Source(s):[3][5][6][7]

From the Reformation

From Until Incumbent Notes
1560 1580 Robert Horne
1580 1584 John Watson
1584 1594 Thomas Cooper Translated from Lincoln
1594 1595 William Wickham Translated from Lincoln
1595 1596 William Day
1597 1616 Thomas Bilson Translated from Worcester
1616 1618 James Montague Translated from Bath and Wells
1618 1626 Lancelot Andrewes Translated from Ely
1627 1632 Richard Neile Translated from Durham, later translated to York
1632 1646 Walter Curle Translated from Bath and Wells. Deprived 1646, and died 1647.
1646 1660 The see was abolished during the Commonwealth and Protectorate
1660 1662 Brian Duppa Translated from Salisbury
1662 1684 George Morley Translated from Worcester
1684 1706 Peter Mews Translated from Bath and Wells
1707 1721 Jonathan Trelawny Translated from Exeter
1721 1723 Charles Trimnell Translated from Norwich
1723 1734 Richard Willis Translated from Salisbury
1734 1761 Benjamin Hoadly Translated from Salisbury
1761 1781 John Thomas Translated from Salisbury
1781 1820 Brownlow North Translated from Worcester
1820 1827 George Pretyman Tomline Translated from Lincoln
1827 1869 Charles Sumner Translated from Llandaff
1869 1873 Samuel Wilberforce Translated from Oxford
1873 1891 Harold Browne Translated from Ely
1891 1895 Anthony Thorold Translated from Rochester
1895 1903 Randall Davidson Translated from Rochester, later translated to Canterbury
1903 1911 Herbert Ryle Translated from Exeter
1911 1923 Edward Talbot Translated from Southwark
1923 1932 Frank Woods Translated from Peterborough
1932 1942 Cyril Garbett Translated from Southwark, later translated to York
1942 1952 Mervyn Haigh Translated from Coventry
1952 1961 Alwyn Williams Translated from Durham
1961 1975 Falkner Allison Translated from Chelmsford
1975 1985 John Taylor
1985 1995 Colin James Translated from Wakefield
1995 2011 Michael Scott-Joynt
2012 present Tim Dakin
Source(s):[3][8][9]

Outside links

References

  1. D M Ogier, "The Government and Law of Guernsey," p.21
  2. Daily Echo – New Bishop for Southampton
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named crockfordsweb707
  4. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, pp. 276–277.
  5. Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 Greenway 1971, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2, pp. 85–87.
  6. Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 Jones 1962, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 4, pp. 45–47.
  7. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, p. 277.
  8. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, pp. 277–278.
  9. Horn 1974, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 3, pp. 80–83.

Books


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