A factsheet from the Religion Media Centre, a UK charity that resources journalists covering religion, marking the General Synod's 1992 vote (after nineteen years of debate) to allow the ordination of women as priests and the first ordinations, thirty two women priested at Bristol Cathedral on 12 March 1994.
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A specialist religion journalism charity's own factsheet, not an academic or denominational primary source, but built to serve journalists as a factual reference and independent of the church it describes. The 1992 and 1994 dates are corroborated against a contemporaneous UPI wire report on the 1992 vote and against the Church of England's own list of the thirty two women ordained in 1994. NotesCited for the 1992 General Synod vote and the 12 March 1994 first ordinations at Bristol Cathedral.
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PublisherReligion Media Centre
URLhttps://religionmediacentre.org.uk/factsheets/25-years-of-women-as-priests-in-the-church-of-england/
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