Allowing women to become bishops is “long overdue”, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said, as the change was approved by the Lords.
Peers accepted the General Synod proposal, passed by the Synod in July, without a vote.
It is expected to be approved by MPs next week, allowing it to become law.
Speaking in the Lords, the archbishop urged the government to bring in legislation to allow women bishops to join him in the upper house.