FORMER bishop of Winchester The Right Revd Michael Scott-Joynt has died aged 71.
His death on Saturday came just three years after his retirement from the role, which he held for 16 years.
Bishop Scott-Joynt had previously served as Bishop of Stafford, in a career in the Anglican church which spanned over four decades.
He was the Bishops’ spokesman on constitutional affairs in the House of Lords and chaired a Church of England committee which advocated the relaxation of rules governing the remarriage of divorcees in church.
A strong supporter of traditional relationships, Bishop Scott-Joynt opposed the appointment of a homosexual canon as a bishop in 2003.
He will also be remembered for condemning the 9/11 terrorist attacks as “cruelly evil” in his address on Christmas Day 2001.
Following his death the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said the Church of England had lost a “faithful, hard working and distinguished servant”.
Bishop Scott-Joynt is survived by his wife Louise, two sons and a daughter.
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