Thursday, May 16, 2013

Yorkshire merger to be put to Synod

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6fowBZTayAU/UGYK3uz9vcI/AAAAAAABW8o/WZaQee-gUCg/s320/cw.jpgTHE proposal to unite three dioceses in Yorkshire will be put before General Synod in July, the Archbishop of York announced on Thursday, despite its rejection by the diocese of Wakefield.

The Dioceses Commission Draft Reorganisation Scheme has been approved by all of the affected dioceses - Bradford, Ripon & Leeds, Sheffield, and Blackburn - except Wakefield, where it was rejected by 76 votes to 40.