Angela Berners-Wilson

Angela Berners-Wilson is considered to be the first woman ordained as a priest in the Church of England. She is currently a chaplain at the University of Bath.

Her father was the rector of the rural parish of Frant in East Sussex.[1][2]

She married solicitor Andrew Sillett on 19 May 1984.[3]

Due to her surname being alphabetically first in the list of the first 32 women ordained as Church of England priests on 12 March 1994, she is considered the first to be ordained.[4] The officiating bishop speculated that it would be 10 years before the first woman bishop was appointed.[5]

Berners-Wilson was appointed chaplain to the University of Bath in May 2004.[6]

In February 2009 she was appointed a prebendary of Wells Cathedral.[7][8]

Sponsored by the Diocese of Bath and Wells, the University of Bath and the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, she had a month's sabbatical in China in June 2008.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Tom Templeton (February 1, 2004). "What happened next?". The Guardian (London).
  2. ↑ Ruth Gledhill (January 16, 2006). "Women bishops: celebration tinged with sadness". Times Online blog Articles of Faith.
  3. ↑ "Congratulations Angela and Andrew". Christ Church, Bath.
  4. ↑ "Meet Sue – the first woman in 400 years of tradition at King’s". Worcester News. September 18, 2007.
  5. ↑ Keith Gilley (25 September 2004). "The ministry of women". London: The Guardian.
  6. ↑ New University chaplain to be licensed, University of Bath
  7. ↑ Revd Angela Berners-Wilson is to be made Prebendary of Wells Cathedral
  8. ↑ University Chaplain becomes a Prebendary of Wells Cathedral, University of Bath
  9. ↑ Angela Berners-Wilson (August 7, 2008). "Report of a month’s Sabbatical in China by Angela Berners-Wilson".

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