NEWS / The General Synod of the Church of England has today voted to pave the way for the  legislative  process to enable Women to become Bishops to be completed this year.

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 / Women in the Episcopate Bishop of Rochester, James Langstaff

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.

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.

Details about the process to elect the episcopal member of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) for the See of Canterbury are now available.

NEWS / The General Synod has today enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.

The role of the Episcopal Visitor is set out in the Handbook of the Religious Life. The Handbook also includes the requirements that safeguarding policies should be reviewed at each Visitation.

NEWS / Statement on marriage in Scottish Episcopal Church.

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.