Dagmar Winter

Dagmar Winter (born 1963) is a British Anglican bishop. From 2026, she has served as Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church. From 2019 to 2026, she was Bishop of Huntingdon, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England's Diocese of Ely. She was previously priest in charge of a large, rural parish in Northumbria (2006–2015), and Rector of Hexham Abbey (2015–2019).

Early life and education Winter was born in 1965 and is of British and Swiss-German descent. She studied at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and Heidelberg University in Germany. She trained for ordination at Herborn Theological Seminary from 1993 to 1996, during which she also completed a Doctor of Theology (DrTheol) degree.

Ordained ministry Winter was made a deacon at Petertide 1996 (29 June), and ordained a priest the Petertide following year (28 June 1997) – both times by Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester, at Rochester Cathedral. She served her curacy at St Mark's Church, Bromley in the Diocese of Rochester.

From 2006 to 2015, she was priest in charge of Kirkwhelpington, Kirkharle, Kirkheaton and Cambo; Area Dean of Morpeth (2011-2013),

Since 2005, Winter has been an elected member of the General Synod of the Church of England. In the vacancy following Stephen Conway's translation from Ely to Lincoln, Winter is also acting diocesan Bishop of Ely.

On 14 February 2026, she was elected as Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church. She was translated to the Diocese of Edinburgh and installed as bishop on 30 May.

Views In November 2023, she was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy".