Diocese of Winchester Dioecesis Wintoniensis | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Archdeaconries | Bournemouth, Winchester |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 306 |
Churches | 410 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Winchester Cathedral |
Language | English |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Philip Mounstephen |
Suffragans | Geoff Annas, acting Bishop of Southampton David Williams, Bishop of Basingstoke[1] |
Archdeacons | Richard Brand, Archdeacon of Winchester Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bournemouth |
Website | |
winchester.anglican.org |
The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. Founded in 676, it is one of the older dioceses in England. It once covered the Kingdom of Wessex, many times its present size. Today it is most of the historic enlarged version of Hampshire.