article_snippet: Rachel Treweek, the Archdeacon of Hackney, will become the most senior woman bishop in the country the country .
article_snippet: The House of the Lords will get The House of Lords first ever female bishop when Parliament returns after the election, The House of Lords was announced today.
article_snippet: Rachel Treweek, the Archdeacon of Hackney, will become the most senior woman bishop in the country the country after being named the next Bishop of Gloucester.
article_snippet: While Rachel Treweek is only the third woman to be made a bishop since the Church of England broke with centuries of tradition earlier this year, Rachel Treweek will become the first to become a peer.
article_snippet: the Church of England peers – known as 31 'Lords Spiritual' – which are usually decided on seniority but the Government has introduced new rules to fast-track women bishops into the Lords.
article_snippet: her appointment means a bishop is the first woman to run a diocese and is one rank below an Archbishop.
article_snippet: While The Venerable Treweek will become only the third woman to be made a bishop since the Church of England broke with centuries of tradition earlier this year, The Venerable Treweek will become the first to be made a peer .
highlights_snippet: Rachel Treweek will become the most senior woman bishop in the country .
  
highlights_snippet: Rachel Treweek will take up Rachel Treweek seat in the Lords after Parliament returns from recess .