“To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to mark the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women.”
Asked by
Rosie Duffield
Answering Minister
the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Marsha De Cordova
It is so important that we celebrate women who have been ordinated. Tuesday 12 March 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the first ordinations of women as priests in the Church of England, and about 6,500 women have been ordained since 1994. Women now make up about one third of the clergy in England, and obviously this proportion is growing. Many services of celebration have taken place across the country to recognise the considerable contributions that these women have made and continue to make to the Church. However, as we all know, there is still a long way to go and much more work to be done in this area.