More parishes reject Church of England bishops who ordain women priests

The number of parishes that have rebelled against the ordination of women has risen by almost a quarter in the last decade in a sign of the growing split between liberals and conservatives within the Church of England.

About 1,000 out of 13,000 CofE parishes have formally registered their objection to women priests working in their own churches.

And some 363 parishes - 23 per cent more than 10 years ago - are now so unhappy at the Church reforms that they are refusing to remain under the pastoral care of their local bishops who have ordained women as priests.
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