__NOTOC__ Leofwine was a medieval

Bishop of Lindsey The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey. History The diocese of Lindsey (Lindine) was established whe ...

. Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after. This was a reconstitution of the see after a break in the succession since the death of

Burgheard Burgheard was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey (or perhaps Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) ...

(or perhaps Eadberht) in the previous century. He combined the see with Dorchester in 956,Kirby ''Making of Early England'' p. 92 and afterwards the combined see is usually known as

.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester.

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