Personal details
Full Name:
- Penelope Ann Bansall Jamieson
Lifetime:
- 1942–
Biography
English-born New Zealander Penny Jamieson was the first woman in the world to be ordained a diocesan bishop of the Anglican Church
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29 June 1990First female Anglican diocesan bishop appointedDr Penny Jamieson’s rise through church ranks was rapid. The first women were ordained to the Anglican priesthood in New Zealand in 1977. Jamieson was ordained and appointed to a Wellington parish in 1985. Read more...