The World - News from July 3, 1985
The Church of England’s policy-making General Synod voted, 320 to 83, to allow ordination of women as deacons, the lowest rank of the Anglican clergy. But it stopped short of allowing them to become priests. A deacon is in the third rank of holy orders, below priests and bishops. Traditionally, women have been allowed only to be deaconesses, a lay position. The change must be approved by the British Parliament before the state church can put it into effect.
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