Hull MP to raise issue of women bishops in church
A Hull MP is pushing to give women the right to become Church of England bishops.
Hull North MP Diana Johnson will be moving a Ten Minute Rule motion entitled Bishops (Consecration of Women) in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
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Diana Johnson
The measure would extend the Church of England's 1992 General Synod decision to allow women to be priests.
It follows the blocking of the reform in the Church of England General Synod last year.
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Next week Mrs Johnson will meet with a group of women clergy and Bishop of Hull Richard Frith to discuss the role of women in the church.
Comments
by BillytB
Sunday, March 10 2013, 7:00PM
“Didn't know Diana was so religious”