Τετάρτη 17 Δεκεμβρίου 2014

Church of England’s first woman bishop chosen Church of England expected to announce the appointment its first female bishop just four weeks after historic change to canon law



The Church of England is poised to announce the appointment of its first female bishop marking the end of centuries of all-male leadership.
The Telegraph understands that a female priest has been chosen as the new Bishop of Stockport which has been vacant since May when the previous holder, the Rt Rev Robert Atwell, was made Bishop of Exeter.
The historic appointment comes just four weeks after the Church of England’s ruling General Synod formally enacted a change to canon law opening the episcopate to women for the first time, ending 40 years of legislative wrangling and almost a century of campaigning.
The identity of the new bishop is a closely guarded secret but it is understood an announcement of the appointment, by the Queen, will be made by Downing Street on Wednesday.
The Telegraph has also learnt that new legislation to fast-track women bishops into the House of Lords will be introduced to Parliament on Thursday.

Ministers hope it will mean the first female clerics will be taking their places among the upper chamber's “Lords Spiritual” before the general election in May.
The new Bishop of Stockport will, however, not be in line to enter the Lords as the post is a junior, or suffragan, see within the Diocese of Chester.
Suffragan bishops can be appointed more quickly than those in charge of a diocese, as they are chosen by the diocesan bishop, side-stepping much of the formality.
But it is the thought that the first female diocesan bishop could be chosen in the New Year. The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham signalled recently that female candidates had been considered for its vacancy.
The Church of England ldeclined to comment on the Stockport apointment. A spokesman said: “We do not comment on speculation regarding the announcement of bishops.”
Meanwhile a bill to be presented to the Commons on Thursday will suspend the current rules governing appointments of bishops to the Lords for 10 years to allow future female bishops to leap-frog their male colleagues into the upper house.
All three main Westminster parties have signalled their backing for the move which would allow a limited form of positive discrimination to end the current all-male bishops’ bench in the Lords.
Sam Gyimah, the Cabinet Office minister set to steer the legislation through the Commons, said it was hoped it would clear both houses and receive Royal Assent by the spring.
The decision to devote legislative time to the bill, which was not a manifesto commitment, in the final months of the current Parliament is an indication of the level of importance David Cameron attaches to the issue.
Mr Gyimah said: “Thursday is the formal introduction of the Bill in the Commons, it will then be published and will have a date for second reading, if all goes according to plan, early in the New Year with a view to completing the parliamentary stages and receiving Royal Assent before the end of this Parliament.
“Ordinarily there is a period of time before acts come into force but this would come into effect virtually immediately so it is possible that you will have a woman bishop in the House of Lords by time of the general election.”
As part of the Church of England’s unique established position, 26 Anglican bishops are entitled to sit in the House of Lords.
While the five most senior figures in the Church – the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and bishops of London, Durham and Winchester – automatically join the upper house, the remaining seats are allotted to those who have been bishops for longest.
As there are more than 40 bishops eligible to sit in the Lords in principle, it means most must have to wait several years for one of the current Lords Spiritual to retire before taking their place.
The new bill would suspend that rule for a decade to give female diocesan bishops priority over their male counterparts if a vacancy on the bishops’ bench opens up.


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