John Sutton Utterton was the first Suffragan Bishop

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 of Guildford

Guildford

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  in the last third of the 19th century.

Born in 1814 and educated at Oriel College, Oxford, he was perpetual curate

Perpetual curate

A Perpetual Curate was a clergyman of the Church of England officiating as parish priest in a small or sparsely peopled parish or districtAs noted below the term perpetual was not to be understood literally but was used to indicate he was not a curate but the parish priest and of higher...

 of Holmwood

Holmwood

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, rector

Rector

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 of Calbourne

Calbourne

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 and then the Archdeacon of Surrey before his ordination to the episcopate. He died on 21 December 1879. The oak screen in front of the Guardian Angels' Chapel at Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral

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 was erected in his memory in 1892