Diocese of Winchester
| Diocese of Winchester Church of England | |
| Province: | Canterbury |
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.jpg) 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 south-eastern quarter of the county and the Isle of Wight, which constitute the Diocese of Portsmouth
- an area in the north-east belonging to the Diocese of Guildford
- one parish in the north (Diocese of Oxford)
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 |Archdeaconry of Winchester, containing the Deaneries of Andover, Whitchurch, Basingstoke, Odiham, Winchester, Alresford and Alton.
- The Archdeaconry of Bournemouth containing the Deaneries of Romsey, Eastleigh, Southampton, Lyndhurst, Christchurch and Bournemouth.
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] | |||
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):[4][5][6] | |||
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):[7][8] | |||
Outside links
References
- ↑ D M Ogier, "The Government and Law of Guernsey," p.21
- ↑ Daily Echo – New Bishop for Southampton
- ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, pp. 276–277.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Greenway 1971, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2, pp. 85–87.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jones 1962, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 4, pp. 45–47.
- ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, p. 277.
- ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd Edition, pp. 277–278.
- ↑ Horn 1974, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 3, pp. 80–83.
Books
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Greenway, D. E. (1971). "Bishops of Winchester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33876.
- Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province) - Jones B, 1962
- Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 3: Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester Dioceses – Horn, J M, 1974
- Powicke, F. Maurice; Fryde, E. B., eds (1961). Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society.
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