May 28, 1975

Hong Kong Priest Visits Southern Ohio

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Diocesan Press Service

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The Rev. Jane Hwang Hsien Yuen, 57, became the first woman priest officially to exercise priestly functions in an Episcopal church in the United States May 4 when she celebrated the Eucharist in the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C., at the invitation of Bishop William F. Creighton. In 1971, she and Joyce Bennett became the first women to be ordained officially to the full priesthood within the worldwide Anglican Communion. They were ordained by Anglican Bishop Gilbert Baker of Hong Kong with the approval of their diocesan synod. Miss Hwang was also the guest of the bishop and the Centennial Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, with whom Hong Kong has a companion diocese relationship. (Credit: RNS Photo by Carolyne Aniba).