Early Life and Career
Born in England in Stoke-on-Trent, Winter was educated at Loughborough College, Oxford University's Lincoln College and Ely Theological College. He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1956 and became curate of St. Andrew's Church in Eastbourne. He was ordained priest in 1957. He married Mary Jackson Winter in 1953.
He spent six years as a parish priest at St. Francis Church in Simonstown, South Africa, in the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town. He wrote a book, Just People, about his experiences as a parish priest there.
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