Women Bishops Approved By Church Of England... Finally

From Huffington- (other links below)

The General Synod of the Church of England voted today that women can be consecrated as bishops, 18 months after a similar measure was controversially voted down.

The vote required passage by a two-thirds majority in the synod's three houses of bishops, clergy and laity. The House of Bishops approved of women bishops 37 to 2 with one abstention, the House of Clergy approved 162 to 25 with four abstentions, and the House of Laity approved 152 to 45 with five abstentions.

In an interview with BBC prior to the vote, Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Justin Welby, who supported consecrating women bishops, said there's a "good chance of the first woman bishop being announced very early in 2015, possibly been chosen before that."


More here-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/women-bishops-church-of-england-_n_5584266.html

The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10966487/Women-bishops-a-century-of-campaigning.html 

The BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28299395