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BISHOP MICHAEL
The Right Reverend Michael Scott-Joynt is the 96th Bishop of Winchester, to which see he was translated in 1995, following 8˝ years as Area Bishop for mid and north Staffordshire in the Diocese of Lichfield. As Bishop of Winchester he is a member of the House of Lords and Prelate of the Order of the Garter.
On the strength of the extensive Partner relationships of the Diocese of Winchester with Anglican Dioceses in Burundi, the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, Bishop Michael is an active member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Great Lakes Region and Genocide Prevention. Since visiting the Anglican Province of the Congo in
October-November 2002, he is committed to working with others for an end to the chronic warfare, bloodshed and suffering in the Eastern DRC, and to the large-scale pillage of its natural resources.
Within the House of Bishops he has particular responsibility and interest in the fields of Church and State/Monarchy, Marriage, and Gender; and he chaired the Working Party which produced Marriage in Church after Divorce in January 2000.
Bishop Michael and his wife, Lou, have three adult children.
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