He was deaconed in 1853 and priested in 1854 in the Diocese of Newcastle. |
She will be one of three women deacons in the diocese, but only until June 24 when the other two become priested. |
Former Suffragan Bishop of Southampton, the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill, ordained Cate as a deacon at Romsey Abbey in 2001 and the curate was priested the following year. |
As the church in Wales at that time did not allow women priests she had to wait until January 1997 to be priested in St Asaph's Cathedral. |