From Salisbury England. (I had to read this twice before I realized the problem isn't that he's been divorced but that he's married to a divorcee (for 30 years!))
A central London vicar described as a "rising star" in the Church of England is to become the first clergyman married to a divorcee to be made a bishop, it has been announced.
The Rev Nicholas Holtam, vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, central London, has been approved by the Queen to take up the post of Bishop of Salisbury.
The clergyman was strongly tipped for promotion after the General Synod of the Church of England paved the way earlier this year for the first divorced and remarried clergy to be consecrated as bishops.
The move also allowed clergy to be made bishops who are married to divorcees with a partner still alive.
The Rev Holtam, 56, has been married for more than 30 years to his Quaker wife Helen, who had a brief first marriage as a teenager. Her former spouse is still alive.
The father of four has been described as an "inspirational" preacher, who runs the St Martin-in-the-Fields shelter for the homeless and has successfully masterminded the church's £36 million renovation appeal.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i_1GcdpguotIsBGoA0zpzOMVBHZg?docId=B7609591302596960A0000
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