The National Register of the Church’s clergy with a licence or Permission to Officiate (PTO) is now publicly available on the Church of England website.

The final stages for publishing a National Register of Clergy, to strengthen safeguarding in the Church of England, are now underway.

The latest set of findings from a 10-year research programme into the factors that enable clergy to flourish in ministry are published today by the Church of England.

Judge David Turner QC has been named as the new Deputy Chair of the Chair of the Clergy Discipline Commission replacing Sir Mark Hedley, who retired in December 2020.

Dave Male, the Church of England’s director of evangelism and discipleship, comments on recent articles and blogs speculating about the ‘Vision and Strategy’ discussions

The Archbishop of York's Presidential address to the July 2021 session of General Synod. 

Nearly 600 people were recommended for training for ordained ministry in the Church of England last year, including the highest number for a generation of candidates expected to take up paid clergy posts.

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Lincoln have met together to pray and discuss next steps following the conclusion of the clergy disciplinary process instigated after the Bishop’s suspension in May 2019 and subsequent investigation. 

A letter of response to an article appearing in the Spectator on Thursday 4 February 2021.

The House of Bishops met on the afternoon of Thursday 24th June remotely via Zoom.