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The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.

The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be a Lord Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and most important in England. Originally it was a Roman Catholic see based on the kingdom of Wessex, with the cathedra at Dorchester Cathedral under Saints Birinus and Agilbert. It was trasnferred to Winchester in 660. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the wealthiest English sees, and its bishops have included a number of politically prominent Englishmen, notably the 9th century Saint Swithun. At the Reformation, the see became part of the Church of England. The official residence of the Bishop of Winchester is Wolvesey Palace in Winchester. Other traditional homes included Farnham Castle and their London residence at Winchester Palace in Southwark, Surrey (now London).

Bishops of Winchester


Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain
    Provincial metropolitans Diocesan bishops
The Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury>Canterbury Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Saint Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester
Archbishop of York>York Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield
The Church in Wales
Archbishop of Wales>Wales Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon
The Scottish Episcopal Church
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church>Primus Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane
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