Rachel Treweek to be consecrated as Bishop of Gloucester

The most senior woman bishop in the Church of England is to be consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral later.

The Venerable Rachel Treweek, 52, who is Archdeacon of Hackney in the Diocese of London, will become the new Bishop of Gloucester.

Two women bishops have already been appointed, but Archdeacon Treweek is the first woman to run a diocese and will be one rank below archbishop.

She is succeeding The Right Reverend Michael Perham, who retired last year.

Caroline Wyatt reports.

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