Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about
Religion
1935: Regina Jonas became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi.
Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976): largest Christian following in American history.
1980: Marjorie Matthews, first woman to become a bishop of the United Methodist Church.
1989: Barbara Harris, first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion.
March 12, 1994: The first women were ordained as Church of England priests; 32 women were ordained together.
2003: Alison Elliot was elected the first woman moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. She chaired the General Assembly the following year.
2006: Katharine Jefferts Schori, first woman presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
2008: Kay Goldsworthy, first woman consecrated bishop in Australia; she was made a bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia.
2014: Libby Lane, first woman consecrated bishop in the Church of England.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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