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1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history

1995 Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party

1992 Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests

1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon

1986 Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown

1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown

1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize

1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral U.K. nuclear disarmament

1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released

1966 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church

1955 Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson

1939 Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage

1931 Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982

1909 Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru

1792 John Keble, Anglican priest/founder, Oxford Movement

1787 1st Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London

1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland

1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76

1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy


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