The Anglican Church of Nigeria has rejected the election of the first female archbishop in the United Kingdom.
On 30 July, Cherry Elizabeth Vann was announced as Archbishop of Wales, having received the required two-thirds majority of votes on the second day of the meeting of the electoral college at Chepstow. Vann is the first woman to be elected as an Anglican archbishop in the United Kingdom and the first openly lesbian and partnered bishop to serve as a primate in the Anglican Communion.
In response, Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba, Primate of the Church of Nigeria, said, “The recent election of The Rt. Rev. Cherry Vann on Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 as Archbishop of Wales is a further indication and abandonment of the faith once delivered to the saints, Bishop Vann being a practising homosexual.”
