A confluence of conversations, anniversaries, and events led me to reflect on women serving as bishops. First of all, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, our triennial denominational meeting, took place several weeks ago. As many people noted, women are poorly represented in the House of Bishops â?? less than ten percent, even more than forty years after womenâ??s ordination.
Second, the one-year celebration of the Church of England decree that women could be bishops. Since then, six female bishops have been chosen in the Church of England, a different procedure than the selection of bishops in the Episcopal Church (USA).
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