The Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds, has announced that he will retire on 30 November 2025. Further details are on the Leeds diocesan website: Bishop Nick announces his retirement with thanks to ...

The full membership of the Crown Nominations Commission for Canterbury is still not known, but it has been announced that the Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, has been elected by the House of Bishops ...

The House of Bishops met online on March 11, 2025. Bishops spent time discussing the recent meeting of General Synod in London, including reflecting on responses to the vote on safeguarding ...

The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) is inviting clergy to attend an ‘Affirmation of Ordination Vows’ Service as an alternative to the often called ‘Chrism Mass’ held in dioceses on Maundy ...

An adjournment debate was held in the House of Commons on Monday evening, on Church of England Safeguarding. The full transcript of the debate is available here. A video recording of the entire day ...

The minutes of the 20 January 2025 meeting of the House of Bishops have now been published. This is in line with the earlier announcement. At the time of the January meeting, this press release was ...

The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Malcolm Leslie Chamberlain, Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham, in the Diocese of Sheffield, to the Suffragan See of Wakefield in the Diocese ...