Diocese of Winchester

The Diocese of Winchester (Latin: Dioecesis Wintoniensis ) is an Anglican diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury Church of England, based in Winchester. Until the English Reformation, it was a Roman Catholic diocese.

History

The Diocese of Winchester was founded in 660 by the bishop's seat from Dorchester to Winchester. In 909 the diocese of Winchester was part of its territory from the foundation of the diocese Ramsbury.

The last Roman Catholic bishop, John White, was deposed in 1559 by Queen Elizabeth I. Bishop John White died 1560th

The Catholic diocese of Winchester was the archbishopric of Canterbury, is a suffragan.