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Saint Mary’s Southampton Seeks New Ways of Accommodating Worshippers After Reaching Capacity Attendance
This news article was originally published on the Church of England website on 28 July 2023: Saint Mary’s Southampton is looking at ways of accommodating more people after its 10:30...

Mudeford All Saints Church Fire – One Year On
Last year, on 14 July, an electrical fault led to a fire that gutted the church of All Saints, Mudeford. While thankfully nobody was injured, residents could do nothing...

Bishop Philip Meets Representatives from Across the Diocese
On being announced as the next Bishop of Winchester, Bishop Philip was delighted to meet various representatives from around our diverse diocesan community, including pupils at a city centre...

Diocesan Staff Coach Local Students in Interview Skills
Two members of our Diocesan Team volunteered at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College last week, to help students practice mock interviews. The aim was to help the students, particularly...

Bishop Philip Listens to the Stories of Seafarers at Southampton Docks
On his journey meeting representatives from the diocese on being announced as the next Bishop of Winchester, Philip Mounstephen visited Southampton docks. There he joined in the ministry of...

School Children Give Bishop Philip a Thumbs Up
The next Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, was announced on Thursday 6 July at St Mark’s Church of England School, with pupils from year 3 up...

Announcement: New Bishop of Winchester
The next Bishop of Winchester will be the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen, currently Bishop of Truro, Downing Street has announced today. Bishop Philip will serve as the 98th Bishop of...

Ordinations 2023
New Deacons Check out the rest of the new Deacon photos from 2 July on our Flickr account. New Priests You can find more photos of these Priests being...

PRESS RELEASE: 18 New ‘Revs’ to be Ordained at Winchester Cathedral This Weekend
This Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July, in four separate services at Winchester Cathedral, 18 people will be made deacons (new vicars), along with 16 being ordained as...