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The General Synod has reaffirmed its commitment to women bishops and called, less than a year after the previous proposals were rejected, for new draft legislation to be introduced.
NEWS / The General Synod has today enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.
NEWS / The Appointments Committee of General Synod has announced the membership of the Steering Committee to take charge of the preparation of draft legislation to enable women to become bishops.
Information about the Cathedrals Working Group report and consultation.
NEWS / The General Synod of the Church of England has today approved a package of measures as the next steps to enable women to become bishops in the Church of England.
The Church of England’s CDM Working Group has published a progress report acknowledging the hurt experienced by many under the CDM process, and recommending that the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 is replaced with a new piece of legislation.
NEWS / The General Synod of the Church of England has today given its final approval for women to become bishops in the Church of England.
NEWS / The Church of England's dioceses* have now all voted in favour of the current draft legislation to enable women to be bishops. Manchester was the last diocese to vote and they approved the motion at a meeting of their Synod yesterday. In 2011 both London and Chichester diocesan synods voted against the legislation.
NEWS / Women in the Episcopate Bishop of Rochester, James Langstaff
NEWS / The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have set up a Cathedrals Working Group.