ordained

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Coming just over three decades after the first women priests were ordained in the Church of England, it seems a natural development.

From BBC

His children were working, getting married and established in their own homes, and he’d been ordained as a pastor in 1999 and was deeply involved in his church.

From Los Angeles Times

Both ordained ministers, they talked about their faith and efforts at bipartisanship.

From Los Angeles Times

Bishop Emily Onyango - the first woman ordained as a bishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya - called the news that Dame Sarah had been named Archbishop designate "a new dawn".

From BBC

Ramkalawan, an ordained Anglican priest who signed the deal with Qatar last year, is unrepentant.

From BBC