Diocese of Winchester

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] Rhiannon King, Bishop-designate of Southampton
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.