Nancy Charton
ChurchAnglican
ProvinceSouthern Africa
Orders
Ordination1992
by David Russell
Personal details
Born1920
DiedNovember 11, 2015(2015-11-11) (aged 94–95)
Graaff Reinet

Nancy Charton Ph.D (1920 – 2015) was the first female ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.[1][2][3][4][5]

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.

Works

References

  1. ^ Meer 1998, p. 107.
  2. ^ O'Meara & Greaves 1995, p. 36.
  3. ^ Romero 1998, p. 83.
  4. ^ McCoy 1994.
  5. ^ Horowitz 1991, p. 75.