Women Bishops Legislative Drafting Group
In September 2006, the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester, was appointed by the Archbishops’ Council to chair a legislative drafting group to consider proposals for allowing women to be consecrated as bishops.
The drafting group was called for by the General Synod in July 2006. More here.
The report of the group was published on 28th April 2008.
Bishop Nigel said, “The Drafting Group has worked together well and produced a significant piece of analysis. The report includes illustrative drafts of possible legislation and sets out the choices that the Church now has to make. We have not offered a preferred answer.”
“The central issue for the Church of England, as our report points out, is the extent to which the Church wishes to accommodate the breadth of theological views that it currently encompasses in relation to women priests and bishops. Against that background, we have set out the three broad approaches which the Church of England could take if it wishes to move towards ordaining women bishops.”
Background information here.
Read the final report here.
