Name Nancy Charton | Ordination 1992 | |
Died November 11, 2015, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa Province Anglican Church of Southern Africa | ||
Nancy Charton Ph.D (1920 – 2015) was the first female ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Charton was a lecturer and later associate professor in the Department of Politics at Rhodes University. She was also a deacon at St Bartholomew's Church, Grahamstown. In September 1992 she was ordained priest by David Russell in the Grahamstown Cathedral.
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