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 | David Williams, Bishop of Basingstoke [1] and Bishop-designate of Truro Rhiannon King, Bishop 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.
The area of the diocese is an area of eastern Dorset, and modern Hampshire, including the city of Southampton, with four exceptions:
The diocese historically covered a much larger area, see below. In the most recent major revision in 1927, the Archdeaconry of Surrey was removed to form the new Diocese of Guildford, and south-eastern Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were removed to form the Diocese of Portsmouth.
The Bishop of Winchester is ex officio a Lord Spiritual of the Westminster Parliament, one of five clerics (specifically certain prelates) of the Church of England with such automatic entitlement. The bishop is also Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, that office having been held by every Bishop of Winchester since the order was created.
The Bishop of Winchester (Philip Mounstephen) heads the diocese and is assisted by two suffragan bishops, the bishops of Southampton (Rhiannon King) and of Basingstoke (David Williams), who are informally responsible for the north and south of the diocese respectively (roughly corresponding to the archdeaconries of Winchester and Bournemouth). [2] From 1927 until the suffragan See of Basingstoke was created in 1973, the Bishop of Southampton was the suffragan bishop for the whole diocese. There had previously also been suffragan sees of Guildford (1874–1927) and of Dorking (1905–1909).
Other bishops living in the diocese are licensed as honorary assistant bishops:
Alternative episcopal oversight for parishes in the diocese which do not accept the sacramental ministry of women priests is provided by the provincial episcopal visitor, Norman Banks, suffragan Bishop of Richborough, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop for ministry in the diocese. Traditionally, the Channel Islands were part of the diocese. After a conflict with the 97th bishop, oversight of the Channel Islands had been delegated from 2014 to 2019 to Trevor Willmott, an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese and, until his 2019 retirement, Bishop of Dover. [5] In January 2021, the Channel Islands were transferred permanently to the Diocese of Salisbury. [6]
On 20 May 2021, it was reported that Bishop of Winchester Tim Dakin had "stepped back" as bishop for six weeks in light of the threat of a diocesan synod motion of no confidence in his leadership. Williams also "stepped back" and Debbie Sellin (then-Bishop of Southampton) served as acting diocesan bishop. [7] Dakin did not return to active ministry, and in February 2022 resigned his See and retired.
The Diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most influential in England. Originally it was the see of the kingdom of Wessex (as such it is sometimes called the "Diocese of Wessex"), with the first cathedra at lost Dorchester Cathedral which site is commemorated by later medieval Dorchester Abbey church in south-central Oxfordshire. The cathedral was founded and served successively by Saints Birinus and Agilbert, the first a missionary sent from Rome. This Wessex diocese not only covered most of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Surrey, Berkshire, parts of Oxfordshire and Wiltshire but for the first few decades three more south-western counties mentioned below. The bishop's seat was swiftly transferred to Winchester in AD 660: the episcopal cathedral see was, at some point, at Old Minster, Winchester. Around 704–705, Aldhelm saw the four south-west peninsular counties of England, save for Cornwall, form the Diocese of Sherborne. To Devon, Somerset and Dorset, Cornwall was added at the end of the ninth century. These were well-settled and healthy counties in relative terms and in about 909 Sherborne was divided in three with the creation of the bishoprics of Wells, covering Somerset, and Crediton, covering Devon and Cornwall, leaving Sherborne comprising Dorset. [8] Winchester shed north-western lands in AD 909 such that Wiltshire and Berkshire and the parts of Oxfordshire formed the See of Ramsbury.
The see of the Bishop of Winchester ran from the Isle of Wight and later the Channel Islands to the south bank of the River Thames at Southwark close to London Bridge where the remnant shell of his palace is Winchester Palace. It formed one of the largest and richest sees in England if not all of Europe. During the Middle Ages, the rump diocese left of all areas appertaining to Hampshire and Surrey before those counties shrank was one of the wealthiest English sees, owning for instance the rectories (the feudal landlord's interest in farms, fisheries, mills and great or small tithes) of many churches in its former, greater area and even in Norman France. Its bishops included a number of politically prominent Englishmen, notably the 9th century Saint Swithun and medieval magnates including William of Wykeham and Henry of Blois.
In the 1530s the diocese faced low compensation for the confiscation of its accumulated wealth and monastic feudal dues and lands in the Dissolution of the Monasteries such as, principally, the pensioning of abbots and friars and in some cases granting of the rectories to the incumbent priests. [9] Later the diocese found it difficult to prevent unlawful, nefarious subletting of some of its buildings, for morally dubious purposes such as connected with the numerous British Empire wharves involved in the slave trade often due to the distance, physically and legally from the perpetrators in ownership/operating structure of diocesan clergy and administrators as chief landlords. In the early 19th century office holders lobbied hard with other bishops to bring to an end the trade in the House of Lords, through its missionaries, and in the messages preached across the diocese itself.
The Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales (1835) found the Winchester see was the third wealthiest in England, after Canterbury and London, with an annual net income of £11,151. [10]
By the 19th century much of the non-church buildings estate of the church had been lost, some statutorily such as by the Tithe Acts procedures but much willingly sold for urban church building. Many schools built by the diocese transferred to state hands in the process of secularisation and National school charitable movement as it evolved under Disraeli. Many schools were co-founded by the diocese in the 20th century and various remain supported by the diocese.
The Channel Islands were transferred from the Diocese of Coutances in Normandy, France, in 1500 by papal bull. The transfer was later confirmed by a letter from Elizabeth I and an order in council dated 11 March 1569 which expressly perpetually united the islands with the diocese and, for avoidance of doubt, the bishop, which remains the law. [11] The islands have for centuries operated their own canon law variants under the bishop. The islands were voluntarily removed from the then bishop's involvement in 2014 after a dispute with Tim Dakin, who agreed to their Anglican churches' worship, work and ethos being overseen by Trevor Willmott, then the Bishop of Dover. [12] This measure was ratified by the parent province authorities of Canterbury as interim. It arises by use of the powers of episcopal delegation: Dakin delegated his authority up to the Archbishop of Canterbury who in turn delegated it down to the Bishop of Dover. Willmott was previously Bishop of Basingstoke, a suffragan see of the Winchester diocese, and in that capacity was familiar with the islands' preferences. [13] In January 2021, the Channel Islands were transferred permanently to the Diocese of Salisbury. [6]
A small area of Southwark for centuries lay outside the jurisdiction of the City of London, and that of the county authorities of Surrey, and some activities forbidden in those areas were permitted within it.
In 1161 Bishop Henry (and successors) was granted power to license prostitutes and brothels in the liberty by King Henry II. [14] The prostitutes were known as Winchester Geese, and many are buried in Cross Bones, unconsecrated ground. [14] [15] Similarly, to "be bitten by a Winchester goose" (mid 16th-17th century) meant "to have/contract a venereal disease", [16] and "goose bumps" was slang for symptoms of venereal diseases. [17] Theatres and playhouses were allowed in the Clink; the most famous was the Globe Theatre where William Shakespeare performed his plays. Another was The Rose, where Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe both premiered plays. Bull and bear baiting were also permitted.
Diocese | Archdeaconries | Rural Deaneries | Paid clergy | Churches | Population | People per paid cleric | People per church | Churches per paid cleric |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diocese of Winchester | Archdeaconry of Winchester | Deanery of Alresford | 7 | 27 | 14,503 | 2,072 | 537 | 3.86 |
Deanery of Alton | 5 | 22 | 32,066 | 6,413 | 1,458 | 4.4 | ||
Deanery of Andover | 8 | 34 | 63,636 | 7,955 | 1,872 | 4.25 | ||
Deanery of Basingstoke | 14 | 26 | 130,393 | 9,314 | 5,015 | 1.86 | ||
Deanery of Odiham | 11 | 28 | 54,655 | 4,969 | 1,952 | 2.55 | ||
Deanery of Whitchurch | 5 | 24 | 25,450 | 5,090 | 1,060 | 4.8 | ||
Deanery of Winchester | 17* | 34* | 67,611 | 3,977 | 1,989 | 2 | ||
Archdeaconry of Bournemouth | Deanery of Bournemouth | 18 | 26 | 149,595 | 8,311 | 5,754 | 1.44 | |
Deanery of Christchurch | 12 | 28 | 111,649 | 9,304 | 3,981 | 2.33 | ||
Deanery of Eastleigh | 15 | 20 | 146,229 | 9,749 | 7,311 | 1.33 | ||
Deanery of Lyndhurst | 17 | 35 | 117,144 | 6,891 | 3,347 | 2.06 | ||
Deanery of Romsey | 7 | 28 | 44,962 | 6,423 | 1,606 | 4 | ||
Deanery of Southampton | 21 | 23 | 219,365 | 10,446 | 9,538 | 1.10 | ||
None? | Deanery of Jersey | 19 | 25 | 97,857 | 5,150 | 3,914 | 1.32 | |
Deanery of Guernsey | 12 | 18 | 65,849 | 5,487 | 3,658 | 1.5 | ||
Total/average | 188 | 398 | 1,340,964 | 7,133 | 3,369 | 2.12 |
*including Cathedral
Additionally, from shortly after 6 April 2014 Paul Moore was instituted "Archdeacon for Mission Development"; this had no sub-territory and was a role to help reach out (mission). [18] His appointment ended in 2020. [19]
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
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Cathedra |
| 166 | [20] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alre Valley Benefice, The, Comprising Bighton, New Alresford, Old Alresford, and Ovington with Itchen Stoke |
|
| 6,573 | [21] | |
Bishop's Sutton (St Nicholas) and Ropley and West Tisted |
|
| 2,224 | [22] | |
Farleigh (St Andrew), Candover and Wield, Including Bradley, and Northington with Swarraton |
|
| 2,579 | [23] | |
Itchen Valley, The, Comprising Avington, Easton, Itchen Abbas, and Martyr Worthy |
|
| 1,341 | [24] | |
Itchen, Upper, Comprising Beauworth, Bramdean, Cheriton, Hinton Ampner, Kilmeston, and Tichborne |
|
| 1,786 | [25] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alton Resurrection (All Saints) (St Lawrence) |
|
| 18,645 | [26] | |
Bentley (St Mary), Binsted and Froyle |
|
| 2,812 | [27] | |
Bentworth (St Mary), Lasham, Medstead and Shalden |
|
| 2,080 | [28] | |
| Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine | ||||
Four Marks (Good Shepherd) |
|
| 4,803 | [29] | |
Northanger Benefice, The, Comprising Chawton, East Tisted with Colemore, East Worldham, Farringdon, Hartley Mauditt with West Worldham, Kingsley with Oakhanger, Newton Valence, and Selborne |
|
| 3,726 | [30] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbotts Ann (St Mary) and Upper Clatford and Goodworth Clatford |
|
| 3,730 | [31] | |
| |||||
Andover (St Mary) |
|
| 14,313 | [32] | |
Appleshaw (St Peter) Kimpton, Thruxton, Fyfield and Shipton Bellinger |
|
| 3,427 | [33] | |
Downs Benefice, The, Comprising Chilbolton, Crawley, Littleton, Sparsholt with Lainston, and Wherwell |
|
| 4,372 | [34] | |
Knight's Enham (St Michael and All Angels) (St Paul's Church Centre) |
|
| 11,110 | [35] | |
Hurstbourne Tarrant (St Peter) and Faccombe and Vernham Dean and Linkenholt |
|
| 9,560 | [36] | |
Pastrow, Comprising Charlton with Foxcotte, Hatherden with Tangley, Penton Mewsey, Smannell with Enham Alamein, and Weyhill |
|
| [37] | ||
Portway and Danebury Benefice, The, Comprising Amport, Grateley, Monxton, Nether Wallop, Over Wallop, Quarley, and West Andover |
|
| 17,124 | [38] | |
| Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine | ||||
|
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basing, Old (St Mary) and Lychpit |
|
| 7,369 | [39] | |
Basingstoke (All Saints) (St Michael) |
|
| 44,920 | [40] | |
Baughurst (St Stephen) and Ramsdell and Wolverton with Ewhurst and Hannington |
|
| 1,858 | [41] | |
Chineham (Christ Church) |
|
| 7,992 | [42] | |
Eastrop (St Mary) |
|
| 2,182 | [43] | |
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood (Immanuel) |
|
| 10,401 | [44] | |
Kempshott (St Mark) |
|
| 6,128 | [45] | |
Oakley (St Leonard) with Wootton St Lawrence |
|
| 5,341 | [46] | |
Popley with Limes Park and Rooksdown (St Gabriel) |
|
| 12,460 | [47] | |
The Sherbornes (St Andrew) (Vyne Chapel) with Pamber |
|
| 4,316 | [48] | |
Tadley (St Mary) (St Peter) (St Paul) with Pamber Heath and Silchester |
|
| 15,548 | [49] | |
| |||||
| |||||
Winklebury (Good Shepherd) and Worting |
|
| 11,878 | [50] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darby Green (St Barnabas) and Eversley |
|
| 8,487 | [51] | |
| |||||
Hartley Wintney (St John the Evangelist), Elvetham, Winchfield and Dogmersfield |
|
| 5,899 | [52] | |
| |||||
| |||||
North Hampshire Downs Benefice, The, Comprising Herriard with Winslade, Long Sutton, Newnham with Nately Scures with Mapledurwell with Up Nately with Greywell, Odiham, South Warnborough, Tunworth, Upton Grey, and Weston Patrick |
| 9,421 | [53] | ||
Sherfield-On-Loddon (St Leonard) and Stratfield Saye with Hartley Wespall with Stratfield Turgis and Bramley |
|
| 7,904 | [54] | |
| |||||
| |||||
Whitewater Benefice, The, Comprising Heckfield with Mattingley and Rotherwick, and Hook |
|
| 9,221 | [55] | |
Yateley (St Peter) |
|
| 13,723 | [56] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burghclere (Ascension) (All Saints) with Newtown and Ecchinswell with Sydmonton |
| Archived 22 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| 2,550 | [57] |
| |||||
Hurstbourne Priors (St Andrew), Longparish, St Mary Bourne and Woodcott |
| Archived 4 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine |
| 2,395 | [58] |
| |||||
Kingsclere (St Mary) and Ashford Hill with Headley |
|
| 4,846 | [59] | |
North West Hampshire Benefice, The, Comprising Ashmansworth, Crux Easton, East Woodhay, Highclere, and Woolton Hill |
| Archived 2 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| 4,752 | [60] |
Overton (St Mary) with Laverstoke and Freefolk |
| 5,979 | [61] | ||
| |||||
Waltham, North (St Michael) and Steventon, Ashe and Deane |
| [62] | |||
Whitchurch (All Hallows) with Tufton and Litchfield |
|
| 4,928 | [63] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Compton (All Saints), Hursley, and Otterbourne |
|
| 4,840 | [64] | |
Dever, Lower, Comprising Barton Stacey, Bullington, and South Wonston |
| Archived 22 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| 3,247 | [65] |
| |||||
Dever, Upper, Comprising East Stratton, Micheldever, Stoke Charity with Hunton, Wonston, and Woodmancote with Popham |
|
| 8,429 | [66] | |
| |||||
Headbourne Worthy (St Swithun) |
| [67] | |||
King's Worthy (St Mary) (St Mary's Chapel) |
| [68] | |||
Stanmore (St Luke) |
|
| 17,112 | [69] | |
Winchester (St Barnabas) |
| [70] | |||
Twyford (St Mary) and Owslebury and Morestead and Colden Common |
|
| 6,434 | [71] | |
Winchester (Christ Church) |
| 4,106 | [72] | ||
Winchester (Holy Trinity) |
| 2,337 | [73] | ||
Winchester (St Bartholomew) (St Lawrence) (St Swithun-Upon-Kingsgate) |
| 6,322 | [74] | ||
Winchester (St Cross Hospital with St Faith) |
|
| 1,949 | [75] | |
Winchester St Matthew (St Paul's Mission Church) |
|
| 5,752 | [76] | |
Winchester, East (All Saints), Including Chilcomb |
|
| 6,917 | [77] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boscombe (St Andrew) |
|
| 6,367 | [78] | |
Boscombe (St John the Evangelist) |
|
| 8,511 | [79] | |
Bournemouth (Holy Epiphany) |
|
| 6,618 | [80] | |
Bournemouth (St Ambrose) |
|
| 6,408 | [81] | |
Bournemouth (St Andrew) Bennett Road |
|
| 10,060 | [82] | |
Bournemouth Town Centre (St Augustin) (St Peter) (St Stephen) with St Swithun and Holy Trinity |
| 12,544 | [83] | ||
Bournemouth (St Clement) (St Swithun) |
|
| [84] | ||
| 8,509 | ||||
Bournemouth (St Francis) |
|
| 7,001 | [85] | |
Bournemouth (St John) (St Michael and All Angels) |
|
| 9,003 | [86] | |
Holdenhurst (St John the Evangelist) and Iford |
|
| 18,477 | [87] | |
Southbourne (St Christopher) |
| [88] | |||
Pokesdown (All Saints) |
|
| 9,350 | [89] | |
Pokesdown (St James) |
|
| 7,077 | [90] | |
Southbourne (St Katharine) (St Nicholas) |
|
| 7,606 | [91] | |
Throop (St Paul) |
|
| 5,432 | [92] | |
Westbourne (Christ Church) Chapel |
|
| N/A | [93] | |
Winton (St Alban), Moordown and Charminster |
|
| 26,632 | [94] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bransgore (St Mary the Virgin) and Hinton Admiral |
| Archived 24 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| 4,372 | [95] |
Burley Ville (St John the Baptist) |
|
| 1,760 | [96] | |
Burton (St Luke) and Sopley |
|
| 4,986 | [97] | |
Christchurch (Holy Trinity) |
|
| 18,114 | [98] | |
Highcliffe (St Mark) |
|
| 12,597 | [99] | |
Milton (St Mary Magdalene) |
|
| 25,798 | [100] | |
Mudeford (All Saints) |
|
| 12,390 | [101] | |
Fordingbridge (St Mary) and Hyde and Breamore and Hale With Woodgreen |
|
| 8,527 | [102] | |
| 22,925 | ||||
Ringwood (St Peter and St Paul) with Ellingham and Harbridge and St Leonards and St Ives |
|
| [103] | ||
|
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke (St Mary) (St Paul) |
|
| 11,548 | [104] | |
Boyatt Wood (St Peter) |
|
| 8,479 | [105] | |
Bursledon (St Leonard) |
|
| 6,734 | [106] | |
Chandler's Ford (St Boniface) (St Martin in the Wood) |
|
| 23,137 | [107] | |
Eastleigh (All Saints) |
|
| 16,547 | [108] | |
Fair Oak (St Thomas) |
|
| 8,639 | [109] | |
Hamble Le Rice (St Andrew) |
|
| 4,692 | [110] | |
Hedge End (St John the Evangelist) |
|
| 12,916 | [111] | |
Hedge End (St Luke) |
|
| 9,051 | [112] | |
Hound (St Edward the Confessor) (St Mary the Virgin) |
|
| 6,371 | [113] | |
North Stoneham (St Nicholas) (All Saints) and Bassett |
|
| 12,887 | [114] | |
Valley Park (St Francis) |
|
| 8,455 | [115] | |
West End (St James) |
|
| 16,773 | [116] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaulieu (Blessed Virgin and Holy Child) and Exbury and East Boldre |
|
| 1,801 | [117] | |
Boldre (St John the Baptist) with South Baddesley |
|
| 5,355 | [118] | |
Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) (St Saviour) |
| [119] | |||
Colbury (Christ Church) |
|
| 2,227 | [120] | |
Dibden (All Saints) |
|
| 13,101 | [121] | |
Fawley (All Saints) |
|
| 14,310 | [122] | |
Hordle (All Saints) |
|
| 4,652 | [123] | |
Hythe (St John the Baptist) |
|
| 7,425 | [124] | |
Lymington (St Thomas the Apostle) (All Saints) |
|
| 9,238 | [125] | |
Lyndhurst (St Michael) and Emery Down and Minstead |
|
| 3,928 | [126] | |
Marchwood (St John) |
|
| 6,185 | [127] | |
Milford-On-Sea (All Saints) |
|
| 6,088 | [128] | |
Pennington (St Mark) |
|
| 6,127 | [129] | |
Sway (St Luke) |
|
| 3,065 | [130] | |
Totton , Comprising Calmore, Eling, Netley Marsh, and Testwood |
|
| 33,642 | [132] | |
Copythorne (St Mary) |
| [133] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ampfield (St Mark), Chilworth and N Baddesley |
|
| 8,870 | [134] | |
Broughton (St Mary) with Bossington and Houghton and Mottisfont |
|
| 1,877 | [135] | |
Lockerley (St John) and East Dean with East and West Tytherley |
|
| 1,781 | [136] | |
Michelmersh (Our Lady) and Awbridge and Braishfield and Farley Chamberlayne and Timsbury |
|
| 2,370 | [137] | |
Nursling (St Boniface) and Rownhams |
|
| 5,218 | [138] | |
Romsey (St Mary and St Ethelflaeda) |
|
| 17,978 | [139] | |
Test Valley Benefice, The, Comprising Leckford, Longstock, Somborne with Ashley, and Stockbridge |
|
| 2,885 | [140] | |
Wellow, East with West (St Margaret) and Sherfield English |
|
| 3,983 | [141] | |
|
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Population served | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bitterne (Holy Saviour) |
|
| 9,815 | [142] | |
Bitterne Park (All Hallows) (Ascension) |
| * Vicar: Simon Robertson
| 15,115 | [143] | |
Freemantle (Christ Church) |
| 9,376 | [144] | ||
Maybush All Saints and St. Peter's |
|
| 26,036 | [145] | |
Portswood (Christ Church) |
|
| [146] | ||
St Denys |
| * Priest-in-Charge: Sera Rumble | [147] | ||
Shirley (St James) (St John) |
|
| 17,326 | [148] | |
Sholing (St Francis of Assisi) (St Mary) |
|
| 19,679 | [149] | |
Southampton (St Mark) |
|
| 11,087 | [150] | |
Woolston (St Mark) |
|
| 13,248 | [151] | |
Southampton (St Mary Extra) | [152] | ||||
Southampton (Saint Mary's) |
|
| 27,985 | [153] | |
Southampton (St Michael the Archangel) |
|
| [154] | ||
Southampton Lord's Hill and Lord's Wood |
|
| 11,349 | [155] | |
Southampton Thornhill (St Christopher) |
|
| 10,127 | [156] | |
Swaythling (St Mary) (St Alban the Martyr) |
|
| 14,998 | [157] | |
Weston (Holy Trinity) |
|
| 8,795 | [158] |
Benefice | Churches | Link | Clergy | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jersey (All Saints) |
|
| [159] | |
Jersey (St Simon) |
| [160] | ||
Jersey (Holy Trinity) |
|
| [161] | |
Jersey (St Andrew) |
|
| [162] | |
Jersey (St Brelade) (Communicare Chapel) (St Aubin) |
| [163] | ||
Jersey (St Clement) |
|
| [164] | |
Jersey (St Helier) |
| [165] | ||
Jersey (St John) |
|
| [166] | |
Jersey (St Lawrence) |
|
| [167] | |
Jersey Millbrook (St Matthew) | [168] | |||
Jersey (St Luke) St James |
|
| [169] | |
Jersey (St Mark) |
|
| [170] | |
Jersey (St Martin) |
|
| [171] | |
Jersey (St Mary) |
|
| [172] | |
Jersey (St Ouen) (St George) |
|
| [173] | |
Jersey (St Paul) Proprietary Chapel |
|
| [174] | |
Jersey (St Peter) |
|
| [175] | |
Jersey (St Saviour) |
|
| [176] | |
Jersey De Grouville (St Martin) (St Peter La Roque) |
| [177] | ||
Jersey Gouray (St Martin) |
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Alderney (St Anne) |
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Guernsey (Holy Trinity) |
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Guernsey (St André De La Pommeraye) |
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Sark (St Peter) |
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Guernsey (St Peter Port) |
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Guernsey (St John the Evangelist) |
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Guernsey (St Marguerite De La Foret) |
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Guernsey (St Martin) |
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Guernsey (Ste Marie Du Castel) |
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Guernsey (St Matthew) Cobo |
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Guernsey (St Michel Du Valle) |
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Guernsey (St Philippe De Torteval) |
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Guernsey (St Saviour) (Chapel of St Apolline) |
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Guernsey (St Pierre Du Bois) |
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Guernsey (St Sampson) |
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Guernsey (St Stephen) |
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