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The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 diocese of Winchester
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 oldest and largest of the dioceses in England....
, with his cathedra
Cathedra

A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran church es....
 at Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral at Winchester, Hampshire in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic architecture cathedral in Europe....
 in Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
.

The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be a Lord Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 is one of the oldest and most important in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Originally it was the see of the kingdom of Wessex
Wessex

West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
, with the cathedra
Cathedra

A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran church es....
 at Dorchester Cathedral
Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey is a parish church, formerly an abbey church in the place of a cathedral, situated in the centre of the village of Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire....
 under Saints Birinus
Birinus

Saint Birinus , venerated as a saint, was the first Bishop of Dorchester , and the "wikt:apostle to the Wessex".After Augustine of Canterbury performed initial conversions in England, Birinus, a Franks, came to the kingdoms of Wessex in 634....
 and Agilbert
Agilbert

Saint Agilbert was the second Bishop of the West Saxon kingdom and later Bishop of Paris. Son of a Neustrian noble named Betto, he was a first cousin of Saint Audoin and related to the Faronids and Agilolfings, and less certainly to the Merovingians....
. It was transferred to Winchester
Winchester

Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. It lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen, Hampshire....
 in 660. During the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
, 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
Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun was an early England Bishop of Winchester, now best known for the popular United Kingdom weather lore proverb that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights....
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The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 diocese of Winchester
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 oldest and largest of the dioceses in England....
, with his cathedra
Cathedra

A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran church es....
 at Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral at Winchester, Hampshire in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic architecture cathedral in Europe....
 in Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
.

The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be a Lord Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 is one of the oldest and most important in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Originally it was the see of the kingdom of Wessex
Wessex

West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
, with the cathedra
Cathedra

A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran church es....
 at Dorchester Cathedral
Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey is a parish church, formerly an abbey church in the place of a cathedral, situated in the centre of the village of Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire....
 under Saints Birinus
Birinus

Saint Birinus , venerated as a saint, was the first Bishop of Dorchester , and the "wikt:apostle to the Wessex".After Augustine of Canterbury performed initial conversions in England, Birinus, a Franks, came to the kingdoms of Wessex in 634....
 and Agilbert
Agilbert

Saint Agilbert was the second Bishop of the West Saxon kingdom and later Bishop of Paris. Son of a Neustrian noble named Betto, he was a first cousin of Saint Audoin and related to the Faronids and Agilolfings, and less certainly to the Merovingians....
. It was transferred to Winchester
Winchester

Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. It lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen, Hampshire....
 in 660. During the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
, 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
Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun was an early England Bishop of Winchester, now best known for the popular United Kingdom weather lore proverb that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights....
. The official residence of the Bishop of Winchester is Wolvesey Palace
Wolvesey Castle

Wolvesey Castle is a ruined castle in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was erected by the Bishop of Winchester Henry of Blois between 1130 and 1140....
 in Winchester
Winchester

Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. It lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen, Hampshire....
. Other traditional homes included Farnham Castle
Farnham Castle

Farnham Castle is a castle in Farnham, Surrey, England .First built in 1138 by Henri de Blois, grandson of William I of England, Bishop of Winchester, the castle was to become the home of the Bishops of Winchester for over 800 years....
 and their London residence at Winchester Palace
Winchester Palace

Winchester Palace was a twelfth century palace, London residence of the Bishop of Winchester. It is located south of the River Thames in London Borough of Southwark, near the medieval priory which today has become Southwark Cathedral....
 in Southwark
Southwark

Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross....
, Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
 (now London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
).

The current Bishop is Michael Scott-Joynt
Michael Scott-Joynt

Michael Charles Scott-Joynt is an English ecclesiastic and prelate of the Order of the Garter. He was appointed Bishop of Winchester, one of the five senior bishoprics in the Church of England, in 1995....
, who was formerly the Suffragan Bishop of Stafford, and was enthroned in Winchester Cathedral in 1995. He signs 'Michael Winton:'