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WATCH is deeply saddened by the announcement that the two new Bishops in Chichester diocese, the Bishops of Horsham and Lewes, will not be consecrated together in one service by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Had...
Transparency Statistics March 2020 Following the 2014 settlement on Women in the Episcopate, WATCH has been monitoring the outworking of the House of Bishop’s Declaration, including the Five Guiding Principles. We accept that the Declaration...
Two new bishops announced by the Diocese of Chichester WATCH notes the announcement of two new bishops in the Diocese of Chichester. Chichester is a diocese with well below average numbers of women incumbents and...
We are very grateful to those who have made available these liturgical texts. If we did not publish everything sent in, this was mainly due to a lack of time. We will revisit material...
The passing of an icon On the 13th March 2020 the Rt Rev Barbara C Harris died at the age of 89. She was the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the...
The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, has announced the death of the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, the first woman to be ordained and consecrated a bishop in...
