Gay priest Dr Jeffrey John could become a bishop in Wales.
It just goes to show that the Church in Wales is definitely not the same as the Church of England. As Tom Wright says – with conviction that even the most credulous would find difficulty in swallowing – the US Episcopal church’s problems, caused by their ordaining of a homosexual bishop, are not in any way representative of those in the CofE. And anyway, this is the Church in Wales; hang on, where did Rowan Williams come from?

Which brings us to the obvious question: which Dr. John would make the best bishop? I’m for the hip one in the hat and his own hair.

From the Times

The gay clergyman whose abortive appointment as Bishop of Reading came close to splitting the Church of England could soon become Britain’s first openly gay diocesan bishop.

Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, who two years ago celebrated a civil partnership ceremony with another priest, is to be nominated as Bishop of Bangor in North Wales.

Liberals welcomed the news, but conservatives gave warning that it would aggravate the tensions over sexuality that are threatening to rend the Anglican Communion in two and revive the rancour that followed the consecration of Bishop Gene Robinson in New Hampshire in the US five years ago. Since then, the 38 provinces of the Church have agreed to observe a moratorium on such consecrations.
Several candidates are likely to be nominated for the Bangor post, but Dr John has the support of senior figures in the Church in Wales, according to informed sources. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, whose authority does not extend beyond England, would have no power to prevent such an appointment.