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The Church of England ordained its first women priests in 1994.1
Following a 1992 vote to authorize the ordination of women to the priesthood, the first group of 32 women was ordained at Bristol Cathedral in 1994. Prior to this, the church had begun ordaining women as deacons in 1987, which allowed them to perform most clerical duties with the exception of celebrating the Eucharist.1