For the first time women were ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia in 1992. These women are notable as a group as the ordinations were a historic milestone for the church.[1] The debates in the General Synod and diocesan synods of the church about the proposal to ordain women were reported in church and mainstream press in the years leading up to 1992, as were the ordination services in 1992. The first ordination service in Perth was televised.[2][3] The anniversary of the 1992 ordination of women priests is regularly celebrated in the relevant dioceses and the women's names are often listed in media reports of those ceremonial services.[4][5][2][6][7]
There were 90 women ordained as priests in Australia in 1992. Three women were ordained priests in other countries but were given permission to officiate in Australia in 1992.[8][9][10][11]
The dioceses are listed in chronological order of the dates they ordained the first women as priests. The women are listed alphabetically under the diocese in which they were ordained. The last name is the name they were ordained under. A later married name is in brackets after their last name and a preferred first name is also in brackets after their first name(s).
Perth
7 March 1992
- Arney, Elizabeth Emmaline (Betty)[12]
- Couche, Elizabeth Mae[13]
- Goldsworthy, Kay Maree
- Halbert, Constance Pamela
- Hall, Jennifer Robin (Jenny)
- Milne, Teresa Catherine (Tess)
- Peterkin, Judith Mary
- Pinner, Catherine Joyce (Cathy)
- Polson, Joyce Sylvia[14]
- Tandy, Robin Kathleen Barbara[15]
Adelaide
5 December 1992
Rockhampton
12 December 1992
- Blackford, Barbara Frances
- Lake, Jacqueline (Jackie)
- Quaife, Lucy Lee[17]
- Whitehead, Janne Eileen
Melbourne
13 December 1992, 16 December 1992, 21 December 1992
- Alfred, Mary Elizabeth (Elizabeth)[5]
- Campbell, Frances Adair
- Chambers (Watson), Susanne Judith
- Clarke, Alison Lynne (Lynne)
- Cruickshank, Kim Dawn
- Darling, Barbara Brinsley
- Dean (Dennis), Elizabeth Ann
- Good, Nanette Henrietta Irving
- Granowski, Helen Barbara
- Hall, Joanne Margaret
- Harrison, Ruth Margaret
- Hartley, Margaret Isabel
- Heskett, Margaret Anne (Sr Margaret Anne)
- Hetzel, Anna Jane Killigrew (Ann)
- Johnson, Janet Mary
- Letts, Lineve Joy (Joy)
- Maddock, Willy Ruth[5]
- Marten, Heather Ruth
- Nixon, Geraldine Elizabeth
- Pace, Barbara Jean
- Payne, Robin Ashley[18]
- Pearce, Jo-Iris Aline (Jo) Lamphard
- Pinchbeck, Gail Phyllis
- Prowd (Urwin), Catherine Jane (Kate)
- Richards, Elizabeth May
- Roath, Hilary Ann[19]
- Rockwell (Dunn), Jennifer Maureen (Jenny)[20]
- Saunders, Lydia
- Sherlock, Peta Robin
- Simondson, Adrienne Louise
- Sutherland (Inglis), Jennifer Frances (Jenny)
- Taplin, Clemence Charlotte Faith (Clem)
- Turner, Amy Inez
Bendigo
19 December 1992
- Hannah, Carlie[21]
Bathurst
19 December 1992
Canberra and Goulburn
20 December 1992
- Cullen, Helen Victoria (Vicky)[24]
- Dittmar-McCollim, Ann
- Dudzinski, Anne Elizabeth
- Gifford, Elaine Margaret
- Kelley, Julie Rosamonde
- May, Daphne Jean
- Mendham, (Jill) later Varcoe, Gillian Joan
- Mills (Dudley), Ruth Isabel
- Phillips, Pamela Jean
- Streatfield, Margaret Louise
- Tabor, Barbara Gail
Brisbane
20 December 1992
Newcastle
21 December 1992
Tasmania
21 December 1992
Ordained outside Australia but granted licences or permission to officiate as priest in 1992
- Kenyon, Colleen Dawn. Ordained priest in Auckland NZ 1987, licensed as Priest in Perth in January 1992.
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