The move follows a long-running dispute which started following concerns over the handling of a sexual abuse claim by Jersey’s Dean, the Very Rev Bob Key. He was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Mr Key welcomed the move, which will be followed by a commission being set up to look at the relationship between the islands and the wider Church of England.
He said that no decision had yet been made about if Jersey would ever return to the Diocese of Winchester or if a Diocese of the Channel Islands could be created.
