Woman bishops.(Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. Newspaper)--The Church of England has appointed a working group to investigate the theology around the question of ordaining women as bishops. The group, chaired by Bishop of Rochester
The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the west of the County of Kent. Michael Nazir-Ali, will make an interim report to the church's General Synod next year. The Church of England ordained women as priests starting in 1994, but does not allow them to serve as bishops. Anglican churches in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand ordain ORDAIN. To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. 2. In the constitution of the United States, the preamble. declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. female bishops. |
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