New Bishop for the Diocese of Edinburgh

The Right Reverend Dr Dagmar Winter was installed as the new Bishop of Edinburgh on Saturday 30th May 2026 in St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.

She is Vice-President of the Conference of European Churches which runs a number of projects, especially Pathways to Peace, a coordinated response of the European church fellowship to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. With a particular interest in New Testament scholarship, she has contributed to a number of English and German books and journals.

Bishop Dagmar studied at the Universities of Erlangen, Aberdeen and Heidelberg. She was ordained as Deacon in 1996 and as Priest in 1997. From 1995 to 1999 she served as Curate at St Mark’s, Bromley, Kent, and was Assistant Chaplain at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust. From 1999 to 2006 she was Associate Vicar at Hexham Abbey and Deanery Training Officer in the Diocese of Newcastle. From 2006 to 2015 she was Priest-in-Charge of Kirkwhelpington with Kirkharle & Kirkheaton, and Cambo in Northumberland, and the Officer for Rural Affairs for the Diocese of Newcastle. In 2010 she became Area Dean of Morpeth and in 2011 Honorary Canon of Newcastle Cathedral. From 2012 to 2019 she was Bishop’s Adviser for Women’s Ministry, returning in 2015 to Hexham Abbey as Rector and Lecturer. She was consecrated as a Bishop in 2019.

Photo: Simon Filsell