The Church of England will today announce its first-ever woman bishop.

A female priest is expected to be elevated to the position, one month after the Church's historic move to allow women into the role was approved.

The change to cannon law - given the final seal by the Anglican General Synod with a simple show of hands - came 20 years after women were first ordained as Church of England priests.

However, the identity of the priest has yet to be announced, with the Church of England declining to comment.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recently said that half of bishops could be women within 15-20 years, hailing the recent changes as a "completely new phase of our existence".