Ruth Kathleen Frances Bushyager ( Twitchen; born 1977) is a British

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bishop. Since July 2020, she has served as

Bishop of Horsham The Bishop of Horsham is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop (area bishop from 1984 to 2013) of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the market town of Horsha ...

, a

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in the Diocese of Chichester.

Ordained ministry

Bushyager was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006. From 2014 to 2020, she was Vicar of St Paul's Church,

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in the Diocese of Guildford. She previously served in parish ministry in the Dioceses of Southwell and Nottingham and of Oxford, as a school chaplain, and as a

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in the

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Episcopal ministry

In April 2020, Bushyager was announced as the next

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in the Diocese of Chichester. She is the first woman to serve as a bishop in the diocese. Her consecration as a bishop took place on the morning of 15 July 2020, in the Chapel of

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. The

principal consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

was

Sarah Mullally Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally, (''née'' Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is a British Anglican bishop, Lord Spiritual and former nurse. She has been Bishop of London since 8 March 2018.

, Bishop of London, making her the first female bishop in the Church of England to be consecrated by a bishop who is female.

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In 2023, following the news that the House of Bishop's of the Church of England was to introduce proposals for blessing same-sex relationships, she signed an open letter which stated:

References

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