From Australia-In the past decade, 43 women have been ordained in the Brisbane diocese, compared with 35 men.
One of the newest entrants to their ranks is the Reverend Rosemary Gardiner, 30, anointed last weekend before a packed congregation in St John's Cathedral in Brisbane.
She exemplifies the changing face of the church.
Reverend Gardiner is mother to two-year-old Edward, and will soon give birth to her second child.
So why would she want to become a priest?
"The simple answer is because God told me to," Reverend Gardiner said.
She had a Christian upbringing and her mother, Gillian Moses, is also a priest and school chaplain.
Reverend Moses said she was proud of her daughter.
"I think I have seen that interest and calling in her longer than she has, but I never wanted to push her in any particular direction, just to support her in whatever she did."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-09/anglican-brisbane-diocese-ordaining-more-women-than-men/10574414
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