Rachel Treweek, Alison White appointed Church of England bishops; Treweek first woman to lead a diocese
The Church of England appointed Rachel Treweek, 52, as the next bishop of Gloucester in the southwest region of England.
Treweek will be the first woman to run a diocese. She will be one rank below archbishop and will become the first woman bishop to sit in the House of Lords, the British Parliament’s Upper House.
Twenty-six “Lords Spiritual”—all Anglican and currently all male—sit in the House of Lords.
