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In May 2014 the House of Bishops made its Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests (GS Misc 1076) in the context of impending legislation enabling the consecration of women as bishops. This received final approval by General Synod in July 2014.
NEWS / Women in the Episcopate Bishop of Rochester, James Langstaff
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York announce Maggie Swinson as the next Independent Reviewer of the House of Bishops Declaration.
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.
Membership of a new body tasked to consider the ongoing arrangements which opened the way for women to become bishops announced.
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.
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 / At its meeting on 4 December the Dioceses Commission unanimously agreed with a proposal received from the Archbishop of Canterbury to fill the vacant see of Maidstone.
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 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.