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__NOTOC__ Wulfhun was a
Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of
Selsey Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about eight miles (12 km) south of Chichester in West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is bounde ...
(in modern-day
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
) during the 10th century. In 931 Wulfhun witnessed a charter of
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, although his see is not mentioned.Anglo-Saxons.net Charters S413
accessed on 25 August 2007 According to Kelly, Wulfhun continued to attest until 940, but was no longer in office by 943.Kelly ''Charters of Selsey'' p. xci It is therefore assumed that Wulfhun died between 940 and 943.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 221


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* 10th-century English bishops Bishops of Selsey {{England-bishop-stub