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July 10, 1990

New Zealand Consecrates First Women to Serve as Diocesan Bishop

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Episcopal News Service
David Best, Communications Officer for the Diocese of Dunedin

[New Zealand Consecrates F...]
New Zealand Consecrates First Diocesan Woman Bishop. On June 29 the Diocese of Dunedin in New Zealand consecrated the Rev. Penelope Jamieson as the first woman to head a diocese in the Anglican Communion. Two bishops from the Episcopal Church in the U.S. participated--Bishop Barbara Harris (on the right), first woman bishop, and Bishop David Johnson, both from the Diocese of Massachusetts. (ENS photo by South Light Studio)