The Guildford Group Report will be introduced by the Bishop of Guildford, the Rt. Rev. Christopher Hill, at a news conference in London, reported PA.
The document follows the General Synod last year which voted to begin the process that would legalise the consecration of women bishops.
However, it is thought that a number of rebel bishops are looking to disrupt the process of bringing women bishops about, and that they are looking to delay the entire process by a further 5-10 years.
In particular, many Church experts have felt that the Church’s ordeal over homosexuals in the Church and in general society has left it so weak and frail that the extra weight of bringing in women bishops would clearly break the Anglican Communion at its roots.
Traditionalists within the Church also argue against any scriptural evidence to support the consecration of women bishops as all of Jesus’ disciples were male.
The Guildford Group Report, due to be debated at the General Synod of the Church of England next month, is likely to outline a compromise for preventing a walkout by traditionalists.
According to proposals the Archbishop of Canterbury would agree to give up his role of consecrating women and delegate the task to another bishop.
While Dr Rowan Williams would continue to preside at all consecrations in the South of England, it would be a symbolic rather than legal requirement.
The move is hoped to appease traditionalists in the Church by freeing the Archbishop of Canterbury from personally consecrating women.
The proposals also leave the way open for the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of York to appoint traditionalist bishops to minister the several hundred parishes expected to reject the consecration of women bishops.
More controversial is the legal right that the proposals will give to these traditionalist bishops to minister in the parishes that want them, regardless of the views of the diocesan bishop.
The proposals, however, will make things more difficult for traditionalist parishes, which, at present, can opt for a “flying” bishop if a majority of the parochial church council votes to do so.
Under the new proposals, the electorate would be widened, and votes may have to be regularly repeated.
The consecration of women bishops is supported by both the Archbishop of Canterbury and his second-in-command, the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.
Maria Mackay
Christian Today Correspondent