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| The Church of England will on Wednesday announce the appointment of its first female bishop, just four weeks after its General Synod voted for a historic law change. | The Church of England will on Wednesday announce the appointment of its first female bishop, just four weeks after its General Synod voted for a historic law change. |
| The candidate, set to be named at 10am, will become bishop of Stockport. It is a relatively junior role, which will make her an assistant bishop in the diocese of Chester. | The candidate, set to be named at 10am, will become bishop of Stockport. It is a relatively junior role, which will make her an assistant bishop in the diocese of Chester. |
| As a suffragan bishop, she will not be eligible to sit in the House of Lords – an honour reserved for only the most senior 26 of the church’s 43 diocesan bishops. | As a suffragan bishop, she will not be eligible to sit in the House of Lords – an honour reserved for only the most senior 26 of the church’s 43 diocesan bishops. |
| The government is preparing legislation making it possible for women chosen as diocesan bishops to queue-jump and take one of the 26 Lords places as soon as one is vacant, but women will not be chosen for those posts until the new year. | The government is preparing legislation making it possible for women chosen as diocesan bishops to queue-jump and take one of the 26 Lords places as soon as one is vacant, but women will not be chosen for those posts until the new year. |
| The 71 suffragan bishops are chosen directly by their diocesan bishops, without the months of committee deliberation required in other cases – allowing the new bishop to be named just four weeks after the change allowing female bishops. | The 71 suffragan bishops are chosen directly by their diocesan bishops, without the months of committee deliberation required in other cases – allowing the new bishop to be named just four weeks after the change allowing female bishops. |
| The first diocese that could choose a woman as its bishop is Southwell and Nottingham, where two of the four shortlisted candidates are understood to be women. | The first diocese that could choose a woman as its bishop is Southwell and Nottingham, where two of the four shortlisted candidates are understood to be women. |
| The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has defended plans to select and groom a leadership pool in the church, consisting of 300 people who will be marked out for promotion and given managerial training. It is understood that this will be a way to ensure women are rapidly promoted through the church’s structures, but it has been attacked as a cheap imitation of failed corporate culture. | |
| • The standfirst (summary) on this story was amended on 17 December 2014. The original incorrectly stated that the first female bishop would be appointed on Monday. |