The Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The most recent bishop was Debbie Sellin, who became Bishop of Peterborough in 2023.
On 20 May 2021, it was reported that Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester, had "stepped back" as Bishop for six weeks, in light of the threat of a Diocesan Synod motion of no confidence in his leadership. David Williams, Bishop of Basingstoke also "stepped back" and Sellin served as acting diocesan bishop. Dakin's and Williams' leave, and therefore Sellin's time as acting bishop, was later extended to the end of August 2021.
| Bishops of Southampton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1895 | 1896 | William Awdry | Translated to Osaka and South Tokyo | |
| 1896 | 1899 | George Fisher | Translated to Ipswich | |
| 1898 | 1903 | Arthur Lyttelton | ||
| 1903 | 1920 | James Macarthur | Formerly Bishop of Bombay; also Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight. Resigned in ill health, remaining as Archdeacon and assistant bishop for the Island. | |
| 1921 | 1933 | Cecil Boutflower | Formerly Bishop of Dorking and South Tokyo | |
| 1933 | 1943 | Arthur Karney | Formerly Bishop of Johannesberg | |
| 1943 | 1951 | Edmund Morgan | Translated to Truro | |
| 1951 | 1972 | Kenneth Lamplugh | ||
| 1972 | 1984 | John Cavell | ||
| 1984 | 1989 | David Cartwright | ||
| 1989 | 1996 | John Perry | Translated to Chelmsford | |
| 1996 | 2003 | Jonathan Gledhill | Translated to Lichfield | |
| 2004 | 2009 | Paul Butler | Translated to Southwell and Nottingham.[1] | |
| 2010 | 2019 | Jonathan Frost | Formerly Co-ordinating Chaplain to the University of Surrey;[2] became Dean of York, 2 February 2019 | |
| 2019 | 2023 | Debbie Sellin | Consecrated 3 July 2019;[3] acting Bishop of Winchester, 20 May 2021 - 2023; translated to Peterborough, 13 December 2023.[4] | |
| 2023 | present | Geoff Annas, acting bishop | Retired area Bishop of Stafford; acting bishop suffragan since November 2023.[5] | |
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