First female Episcopal bishop to take office

The Scottish Episcopal Church is to consecrate its first female bishop today.

Rev Canon Anne Dyer will become bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney in a service at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, that will also be livestreamed online. Canon Dyer succeeds the Rt Rev Dr Robert Gillies, who retired as Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney in October 2016.

The church said the role of a diocesan bishop is to “oversee the spiritual and practical concerns of all the clergy and lay people within their diocese and to provide leadership in mission and ministry”.