The last time I visited Wales it was the hottest driest summer for 300 years. It didn’t even rain in the Lake District where every shop displays umbrellas and raincoats in the front window.
The only time it rained was when I was in St. Davids and the cathedral flooded. I like to think it was to protest the bishop of St. Davids, Joanna Penberthy. In an effort to elevate herself from the depths of obscurity that is the natural habitat of Anglican bishops, on March 25th 2021 she tweeted “never, never trust a Tory”.
Not only that, she uses an iPhone.
In June she apologized or, more likely, was made to apologize (for the tweet, not the iPhone).
She has announced that she will retire this year on the 31st of July. I expect the sun will shine on that day.
From here:
Bishop Joanna was elected in November 2016 and made history as the first woman to be consecrated as a Bishop in the Church in Wales in January 2017. She has served as Bishop for six years after a long and well-travelled ministry that took in the dioceses of Durham, Llandaff, St Asaph, Bath and Wells, Swansea and Brecon as well as a spell as Priest in the diocese which she later came to lead.
Announcing the retirement, the Archbishop of Wales, Andrew John, said “I want to thank Bisop Joanna for her ministry in the diocese and province. She has contributed significantly to areas of church life in particular on environmental matters and with our Social Responsibility network.”
Bishop Joanna will retire on 31st July 2023.
Good counsel that, never to trust a British Tory: that party recently chose as leader a man of whom it is not recorded that he ever kept a promise to anyone, except to obey a crazy Brexit right wing in order to get into office; and that same unprincipled party brought in same-sex so-called marriage in order to stay in office. The British populace never asked for either policy.
Not all Dioceses in the Anglican Communion ordain female priests and bishops as of now.