William Dalrymple (historian)

The Bishop of Basingstoke is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the province of Canterbury, England.^[1] The title takes its name after the town of Basingstoke in Hampshire. The previous bishop, David Williams, was translated to be Bishop of Truro on 28 March 2025.^[2]

List of bishops

Bishops of Basingstoke
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1973	1977	Colin James	(1926–2009) Translated to Wakefield, and later to Winchester
1977	1993	Michael Manktelow	(1927–2017)
1994	2001	Geoffrey Rowell	(1943–2017) Translated to Gibraltar in Europe
2002	2009	Trevor Willmott	(b. 1950) Translated to Dover
2010	2014	Peter Hancock	(b. 1955)^[3]^[4] Translated to Bath and Wells
2014	2025	David Williams	(b. 1961) Formerly Vicar of Christ Church, Winchester;^[5] on leave, 20 May 2021–?;^[6]^[7] translated to Truro, 28 March 2025.^[8]^[9]^[2]
Source(s):^[1]

^ ^a ^b Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
^ ^a ^b Howe, Ben (4 April 2025). "David Williams confirmed as new Bishop of Truro". The Voice. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
^ Diocese of Bath and Wells – Bishop's Synod address (24 March 2014) Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine & Welcome to Christ Church Winchester, 9 March 2014 Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (both accessed 4 April 2014)
^ Number 10 — See of Basingstoke
^ Diocese of Winchester – A new Bishop for Basingstoke Archived 2014-06-26 at archive.today (Accessed 26 June 2014)
^ "Bishop of Winchester steps back after diocesan rebellion". Church Times. No. 8253. 21 May 2021. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ "Talks about Dakin's future to continue". Church Times. No. 8259. 2 July 2021. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ Rowe, Kelly (11 December 2024). "New Bishop of Truro announced". Truro Diocese. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
^ "New Bishop of Truro announced". Diocese of Truro. 11 December 2024. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.