First Australian woman bishop consecrated

Posted on May 22, 2008 
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Kay GoldsworthyAustralia’s first woman bishop was consecrated in Perth tonight amid lingering controversy over her appointment.

Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy, 51, became Bishop Kaye Goldsworthy at a ceremony conducted by the Australian Anglican primate, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, in Perth’s St George’s Cathedral. …

– report from The West Australian. (Photo: Diocese of Perth.)

When the appointment was first announced, ACL President Dr. Mark Thompson released this statement.