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# Diocese of Lichfield to discuss issue of women bishops
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/diocese-of-lichfield-to-discuss-issue-of-women-bishops/
- Published: 2013-02-26T08:30:19.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-25T10:59:13.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:24, News

Church members from across the Diocese of Lichfield are being invited to take part in a debate on women bishops.

The Diocesan Synod will meet to discuss the way forward on the issue, after legislation was defeated last year.s

Diocesan Secretary Julie Jones said: “While Diocesan Synod meetings are always open to all interested parties, standing orders dictate that only members of Synod can participate in the debates and subsequent voting. Having a special section of the meeting open to all when standing orders will be suspended will give non-members the chance to speak and express their own views.”

The two issues up for discussion will be:

- What we can do in this diocese to help General Synod pass legislation that enables women to be consecrated as bishops – as has already been agreed in principle – while acknowledging and respecting those who oppose the change?
- What steps we need to take to recover the credibility of synodical governance?

The synod will take place at Rising Brook Baptist Church in Stafford at 9.30am on March 16.