Diocese of Winchester
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 Wessex, many times its present size which is today most of the historic enlarged version of Hampshire.
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 | David Williams, Bishop of Basingstoke Bishop of Southampton (vacant) |
| Archdeacons | Richard Brand, Archdeacon of Winchester Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bournemouth |
| Website | |
| winchester.anglican.org | |
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