Despite his or her title, the new bishop will be based mainly in Leicester, one of the first majority black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) cities in the UK. “The diversity of the city is not reflected in our churches,” Martyn Snow, the bishop of Leicester, told the Guardian. This month, the first black bishop to be appointed by the church in 20 years, Nigerian-born Woyin Karowei Dorgu, was consecrated as bishop of Woolwich. They are many and varied.”Her role is to assist BAME members of the church who are considering ordination and to tackle unconscious bias. The church was rolling out training programmes and research projects and creating new posts, such as the bishop of Loughborough, he added.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2017 14:37 UTC