Anglican Tanzania okays female bishops

“This move signifies progress. It should be recalled that bishops were in the past allowed to mete out corporal punishment to followers, but that is no longer the case,’’ he said.PHOTO|FILE

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The Anglican priest for Butimba Parish, Cannon Gershon Yoboka, welcomed the idea, saying since the church had already allowed women to be reverends it was time they were allowed to become bishops.