The Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor's own article marking the 30th anniversary of women's ordination, read directly for this pass, which states that the General Synod approved the ordination of women to the priesthood on 15 May 1990, that the Reverend Irene Templeton and the Reverend Kathleen Young were ordained priests by the Bishop of Connor on 24 June 1990 at Saint Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, that the church's first woman deacon, Katharine Poulton, had already been ordained in 1987, and that the Most Reverend Pat Storey was consecrated Bishop of Meath and Kildare on 30 November 2013, the first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Ireland.
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An official institutional account, not independently peer-reviewed, but the diocese has direct custody of its own ordination and consecration records, its named dates (15 May 1990 Synod approval, 24 June 1990 first priestings, 30 November 2013 first consecration) are independently corroborated by a search aggregate citing the Irish Times, the Church of Ireland's own national site and Wikipedia's Pat Storey article, and no live dispute exists over any of the three dates. NotesCited for the 15 May 1990 General Synod approval of women's ordination to the priesthood, the 24 June 1990 first ordinations, and the 30 November 2013 consecration of the Most Reverend Pat Storey as the church's first woman bishop, an eligibility already open since 1990 rather than a separate later hop.
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PublisherChurch of Ireland, Diocese of Connor
URLhttps://connor.anglican.org/2020/11/25/video-celebrates-30th-anniversary-of-ordination-of-women-in-church-of-ireland/
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
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