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 / Women in the Episcopate Bishop of Rochester, James Langstaff

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.

The Consecration of Bishops, from The Book of Common Prayer (1662). Cambridge University Press, 2006 edition.

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.

Report by the Independent Reviewer Canon Maggie Swinson on the process leading to the nomination of the Bishop of Blackburn, published 

The Rt Revd Libby Lane has been consecrated as the first female bishop in the Church of England in a packed service at York Minster.

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 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 / Statement on marriage in Scottish Episcopal Church.