The Rt Revd Dr Jo Wells, visited the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil to celebrate the 135th Anniversary of the church and the 40th anniversary of women’s ordination in the province.
02 June 2025
The Anglican Communion’s Deputy Secretary General, Dr Jo Bailey Wells, attended a meeting with Pope Francis and at the Vatican.
08 February 2024
The first ever meeting of Africa’s six female Anglican bishops has taken place. The gathering was held at St Julian’s Retreat Centre, Kenya.
06 February 2024
The Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) has concluded a Synod with a plan for new dioceses and two more provinces.
06 November 2023
Maria Grace Tazu Sasamori, priest of the Diocese of Tokyo, has been elected as the first female Bishop in Japan and South East Asia.
07 December 2021
Saint Paul’s University lecturer has been appointed to serve as Assistant Bishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya’s Diocese of Bondo.
18 January 2021
The first woman to be ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion, Barbara Harris, died on Friday at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln, Massachusetts, at the age of 89.
17 March 2020
The Church of Canada has elected the Bishop of Huron, Linda Nicholls, to succeed Archbishop Fred Hiltz as its next primate and archbishop.
15 July 2019
A service has been held in the chapel of Lambeth Palace to celebrate 25 years of the ordination of women in the Church of England.
04 March 2019
The first woman to be consecrated to the office of bishop in the Church of England, Libby Lane, is to become the diocesan bishop of Derby.
18 December 2018