Church in Wales to vote on women bishops

[hrmjustin]

[Church in Wales press release] The Church in Wales will decide in September whether or not to allow women priests to be ordained as bishops.

A bill, proposed by the six diocesan bishops of the Church in Wales, will be voted on by the 144 members of the church’s legislative arm, the Governing Body, at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, at Lampeter, on Thursday, Sept. 12.

The bill will need a two-thirds majority in each of the three sections of the Governing Body – the House of Bishops, the House of Clergy and the House of Laity – in order to be passed. However, if it is passed, it will not come into effect until a second bill, outlining a scheme of provision for those who cannot accept women bishops, is written and passed.

The process will start with a vote on three proposed amendments to the bill.

Read more at http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2013/08/15/church-in-wales-to-vote-on-women-bishops/

[darkangel218]

1. Thats pretty cool.

I miss Wales.