Events In History
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29 June 1990First female Anglican diocesan bishop appointed
Dr Penny Jamieson’s rise through church ranks was rapid. The first women were ordained to the Anglican priesthood in New Zealand in 1977. Jamieson was ordained and appointed to a Wellington parish in 1985. Read more...
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2 December 1928First Bishop of Aotearoa consecrated
Frederick Bennett, who had a Ngāti Whakaue mother and an Irish father, was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1897. He spent 13 years as superintendent of the Māori mission in Rotorua before moving to Hastings for mission work in Hawke’s Bay. Read more...
Biographies
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Jamieson, Penelope Ann Bansall
English-born New Zealander Penny Jamieson was the first woman in the world to be ordained a diocesan bishop of the Anglican Church
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Main image: St. Peter's in the Forest Roll of Honour
The First World War roll of honour at St Peter’s in the Forest Anglican Church, Bombay, was unveiled in 1920.