Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.Founded in 676 it is one of the oldest and largest of the dioceses in England.The area of the diocese incorporates the majority of the county of Hampshire including the city of Southampton with the following exceptions:the south-eastern quarter of the county (which together with the Isle of Wight constitutes the Diocese of Portsmouth)an area in the north-east (belonging to the Diocese of Guildford)a small area in the west (Diocese of Salisbury)one parish in the north (Diocese of Oxford)plus an area of eastern Dorset.The Channel Islands were transferred from the Diocese of Coutances in Normandy in France in 1500 by Papal Bull.