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The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. During the middle ages it was one of the wealthiest English sees, and its bishops have included a number of politically prominent Englishmen.The Bishops of Winchester had their London residence at Winchester Palace in Southwark, London.
In addition to those listed below, Saint Swithun was bishop during the 9th century.
Bishops of Winchester, 963-present
- Aelfheah II 984-1006
- Cenwulf 1006
- Aethelwold II 1006-1012
- Aelfsige II 1012-1032
- Aelfwine 1032-1047
- Stigand 1047-1070
- Walkelin 1070-1098
- William Giffard 1100-1129
- Henry of Blois 1129-1171
- Richard of Ilchester 1173-1188
- Godfrey de Lucy 1189-1204
- Peter des Roches 1205-1238
- William Raleigh 1240-1250
- Aymer de Valence 1250-1260
- John Gervais 1262-1268
- Nicholas of Ely 1268-1280
- John of Pontoise 1282-1304
- Henry Woodlock 1305-1316
- John Sandale 1316-1319
- Rigaud of Assier 1319-1323
- John de Stratford 1323-1333
- Adam Orleton 1333-1345
- William Edendon 1345-1366
- William of Wykeham 1366-1404
- Henry Cardinal Beaufort 1404-1447
- William Waynflete 1447-1486
- Peter Courtenay 1487-1492
- Thomas LangtonThomas Langton was Bishop of Winchester and chaplain to Edward IV. In 1483 he was chosen bishop of St Davids; in 1485 he was made bishop of Salisbury and provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and he became bishop of Winchester in 1493. In 1501 he was electe 1493-1501
- Richard FoxRichard Fox (c. 1448 October 5, 1528) was an English churchman, successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was born at Ropesley near Grantham, Lincolnshire. 1501-1528
- Thomas Wolsey 1529-1530
- Stephen GardinerStephen Gardiner (c. 1493 November 12, 1555) was an English bishop and Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. He was born in Bury St Edmunds, but the date of his birth is suspect. His father is known to have been John Gardiner, a sub 1531-1551
- John Ponet 1551-1553
- Stephen GardinerStephen Gardiner (c. 1493 November 12, 1555) was an English bishop and Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. He was born in Bury St Edmunds, but the date of his birth is suspect. His father is known to have been John Gardiner, a sub 1553-1555
- John White 1556-1559
- Robert Horne 1560-1580
- John Watson 1580-1584
- Thomas CooperThomas Cooper (or Couper (c. 1517 April 29, 1594), English bishop and writer, was born in Oxford, where he was educated at Magdalen College. He became master of Magdalen College school, and afterwards practised as a physician in Oxford. His literary caree 1584-1594
- William Wickham 1594-1595
- William Day 1595-1596
- Thomas Bilson 1597-1616
- James Montague 1616-1618
- Lancelot AndrewesLancelot Andrewes ( 1555- 1626), English divine, was born in 1555 in London, of an ancient Suffolk family; his father, Thomas, was master of Trinity House. Lancelot attended the Cooper's free school, Ratcliff, in the parish of Stepney, and then to the Mer 1618-1626
- Richard Neile 1627-1632
- Walter Curle 1632-1647
- Brian Duppa 1660-1662
- George Morley 1662-1684
- Peter Mews 1684-1706
- Jonathan Trelawny 1707-1721
- Charles Trimnell 1721-1723
- Richard Willis 1723-1734
- Benjamin Hoadly 1734-1761
- John Thomas 1761-1781
- Brownlow North 1781-1820
- George Pretyman-Tomline 1820-1827
- Charles Richard Sumner 1827-1869
- Samuel WilberforceLewis Carroll Samuel Wilberforce ( September 7, 1805 July 19, 1873), English bishop, third son of William Wilberforce, was born at Clapham Common, London. In 1823 he entered Oriel College, Oxford. In the "United Debating Society," which afterwards develop 1869-1873
- Edward Harold Browne 1873-1891
- Anthony Wilson Thorold 1891-1895
- Randall Thomas Davidson 1895-1903
- Herbert Edward Ryle 1903-1911
- Edward Stuart Talbot 1911-1923
- Frank Theodore Woods 1923-1932
- Cyril Forster Garbett 1932-1942
- Mervyn George Haigh 1942-1952
- Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams 1952-1961
- Sherard Falkner Allison 1961-1974
- John Vernon Taylor 1974-1985
- Colin Clement Walter James 1985-1995
- Michael Scott-Joynt 1995-present
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