Anglican Communion News Service - Digest News

A priest who was one of the first women to be ordained 18 years ago has now seen her daughter ordained.

Canon Pat Lyes-Wilson, who was ordained in 1994, watched as her daughter the Reverend Ruth Fitter became a priest at a special service at Gloucester Cathedral on Saturday.

Ruth Fitter said: "It's only because of women like mum that we can do this."

Women were initially ordained as deacons by the Church of England in 1987 - and only as priests since 1994.

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