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Article: Anglican Church consecrates Australia's 1st female bishop
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- May 22, 2008
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Australia's Anglican Church consecrated the country's first female bishop on Thursday in a ceremony attended by hundreds but opposed by at least one prominent church leader.
Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy became The Most Rev. Kay Goldsworthy, an assistant bishop in Western Australian state, in the evening ceremony at St. George's Cathedral in the west coast city of Perth.
Twenty-one Anglican bishops from Australia and New Zealand were among a congregation of more than 800 who showed their support for the controversial appointment. Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australia's Anglican prelate, conducted the ceremony.
Among those who did not attend was The Most Rev. Peter ...