Women have been ordained as priests in all dioceses of the Episcopal
Church, now that the last holdout—Quincy, Illinois—has ordained its
first woman.
Margaret Lee, a grandmother of five and former
chemist, was ordained a priest October 16 in the Peoria-based Diocese
of Quincy, according to Episcopal News Service. She had been a deacon
since 1996.
A spokesperson for the Episcopal Church said all 110
dioceses in the 2.1-million-member church have now ordained at least
one female priest. The Episcopal Church voted to open the priesthood to
women in 1976.
