(from Bing’s this day in history feed for March 12, 2021)
image: women deacons awaiting ordination, March 12, 1994, Getty images
Church of England ordains their first women priests
For the first time in its 460-year existence, the Church of England allows females to enter into the priesthood, ordaining 32 women in Bristol Cathedral in Bristol, England. Six years later the church will pass another milestone, as more women than men will be ordained as priests.
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