{"id":5643,"date":"2014-03-12T11:26:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T11:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=5643"},"modified":"2014-03-12T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T11:28:12","slug":"today-in-history-church-of-england-ordains-1st-32-women-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/today-in-history-church-of-england-ordains-1st-32-women-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in history: Church of England ordains 1st 32 women priests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joyous women priests after being the first to be ordained in 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 12 March 1994, the first 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests. The service was officiated by Bishop Barry Rogerson in Bristol Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Rogerson ordained the women in alphabetical order, so Angela Berners-Wilson is considered the very first woman to be ordained.<\/p>\n

The youngest woman to be ordained was Karen MacKinnon, with Jean Kings being the second youngest. The oldest was 69.<\/p>\n

In 2004 the tenth anniversary of the ordinations was celebrated at Bristol Cathedral and, by then, one of the women priests had died and 14 had retired.<\/p>\n

The 32 women ordained on the day were: (Complete list copied from the Order of Service)<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Angela Berners-Wilson, a university chaplain<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waveney Bishop<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christine Clarke<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judith Creighton<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faith Cully<\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brenda Dowie<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carol Edwards, of St Christopher’s, Brislington<\/li>\n
  8. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Annis Fessey<\/li>\n
  9. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jan Fortune-Wood<\/li>\n
  10. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Susan Giles<\/li>\n
  11. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jane Hayward<\/li>\n
  12. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jean Kings, part-time parish deacon who was also chaplain at University of the West of England<\/li>\n
  13. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Karen MacKinnon, full-time parish deacon<\/li>\n
  14. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Audrey Maddock<\/li>\n
  15. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charmion Mann<\/li>\n
  16. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Helen Marshall<\/li>\n
  17. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Glenys Mills, Christ’s Church, Clifton<\/li>\n
  18. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jillianne Norman<\/li>\n
  19. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clare Pipe-Wolferstan<\/li>\n
  20. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June Plummer<\/li>\n
  21. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Susan Restall, St Mary’s, Yate<\/li>\n
  22. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Susan Rose<\/li>\n
  23. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Susan Shipp<\/li>\n
  24. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Margery Simpson<\/li>\n
  25. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sylvia Stevens<\/li>\n
  26. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judith Thompson<\/li>\n
  27. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anita Thorne<\/li>\n
  28. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sheila Tyler<\/li>\n
  29. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pauline Wall<\/li>\n
  30. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary Dawn Watling, at the time a 61-year-old Anglican nun and deacon in a vicarage in Bristol<\/li>\n
  31. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Valerie Woods, Vicar of Wood End in Coventry<\/li>\n
  32. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ailsa Newby<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The officiating bishop believed it would be 10 years before the first woman bishop was appointed.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Credit: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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