Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-45850 EPISCOPAL WOMEN ORDAINED PHILADELPHIA
-- In defiance of tradition and of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal
Church, 11 women were ordained as priests in the Church of the Advocate in
Philadelphia on the Feast of Saints Mary and Martha (July 29). They were:
Jeanette Piccard, 79, of the Diocese of Minnesota; Marie Moorefield, 30, of
the Diocese of New York; Allison Cheek, 47, of Virginia; Carter Heyward, 28,
of New York; Betty Bone Schiess, 51, of Central New York; Suzanne Hiatt, 37,
of Philadelphia; Constantine Hatch Wittig, 28, of New Jersey; Emily Hewitt,
30, of New York; Katrina Swanson, 39, of West Missouri; Merrill Bittner, 27,
of Rochester, N.Y.; and Sister Alla Renee Bozarth-Campbell, 27 of
Minneapolis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-PHIL-7E-74-D)
Creator:
Halvey, Robert S. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Church of the Advocate (Philadelphia, Pa.), Swanson, Katrina Martha, 1935-2005., Church of the Advocate (Philadelphia, Pa.), Hewitt, Emily C. (Emily Clark), 1944-, Heyward, Carter., Piccard, Jeannette, 1895-1981., Moorefield, Marie., Cheek, Alison M., Schiess, Betty Bone., Hiatt, Suzanne R., Wittig, Nancy H., 1945-, Bittner, Merrill., Bozarth, Alla Renée, 1947-
Topics:
Ordination of women--Episcopal Church., Ordination of women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Women clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ordination.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360915