Ordination of Women in the Anglican Priesthood - Quebec, QC
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This wooden plaque commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Ordination of Women in the Anglican Priesthood is located inside the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Quebec City.
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Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/07/2018
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Text of the Plaque
To the Glory of God
and in grateful recognition
of the thirtieth anniversary
of the Ordination of Women
to the Anglican Priesthood.
1976-2006
Legislation authorising the ordination of women as deacons was passed in 1986 and they were first ordained in 1987. The ordination of women as priests was passed by the General Synod in 1992 and began in 1994. In 2010, for the first time in the history of the Church of England, more women than men were ordained as priests (290 women and 273 men).
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