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2 unusual facts about Diocese of Winchester


Hambledon Church

The benefice of Hambledon Church was originally in the Diocese of Winchester but is now part of the Diocese of Guildford.

Winklebury

The Church of the Good Shepherd was built as part of the Winklebury Centre and is part of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester.


Fair Oak

The church, which has been designated a beacon church for the Winchester diocese, has links with Kware, a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, via a hospital and school mission.

Nigel Cornwall

He returned to England where he served as Commissary to the Bishop of Kuching, and as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Winchester, and Canon Residentiary of Winchester Cathedral from 1963-73.

Plegmund

As such, one of Plegmund's responsibilities was to re-establish its authority, and, in an attempt to do this, between 909 and 918 he created new sees within the existing Diocese of Winchester in Crediton, Ramsbury, Sherborne and Wells.

Surrey Record Society

The Society has also published two editions of registers of medieval bishops of Winchester, Surrey having historically formed part of the Diocese of Winchester.


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