17 Facts About Michael Scott-Joynt

Michael Charles Scott-Joynt was an English bishop and a Prelate of the Order of the Garter.

Michael Scott-Joynt was appointed Bishop of Winchester, one of the five senior bishoprics in the Church of England, in 1995.

Michael Scott-Joynt had previously served as Bishop of Stafford in the Diocese of Lichfield from 1987 and before that as a canon residentiary at St Albans Cathedral.

On 10 October 2010, it was announced that Scott-Joynt intended to retire, which he did in May 2011.

Michael Scott-Joynt was educated at Bradfield College and King's College, Cambridge and Cuddesdon Theological College.

Michael Scott-Joynt was ordained as a deacon in 1967 and priest in 1968.

Michael Scott-Joynt was a curate at Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon and a tutor at Cuddesdon College ; he then served as Chaplain of Cuddesdon.

Michael Scott-Joynt was Team Vicar of Newbury ; priest-in-charge at Caversfield ; Bicester ; and Bucknell, Oxfordshire.

Michael Scott-Joynt was rector of the Bicester Area Team Ministry ; Rural Dean of Bicester and Islip ; a residential canon of St Albans Cathedral ; and Director of Ordinands and In-Service Training in the Diocese of St Albans.

Michael Scott-Joynt was the suffragan Bishop of Stafford before being appointed as Bishop of Winchester in 1995, retiring in 2011.

Michael Scott-Joynt was consecrated a bishop on 22 July 1987, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.

Michael Scott-Joynt married Louise White in 1965 and they had two sons and one daughter.

Michael Scott-Joynt attracted note for some of his more outspoken opinions.

Michael Scott-Joynt's Christmas Day sermon of 2001 was titled "This Terror Is a Judgment upon Us".

Michael Scott-Joynt was one of 52 UK bishops who signed a letter in 2003 calling for reform of arms export laws.

Michael Scott-Joynt chaired a Church of England committee in 2000, which urged a lifting of the ban on remarriage of divorcees whose former spouse was still living.

Michael Scott-Joynt argued that the introduction of civil partnership legislation in the UK threatened the uniqueness of marriage and declared he would closely question clergy in his diocese who entered a civil partnership.