Nancy Charton | |
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Church | Anglican |
Province | Southern Africa |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1992 by David Russell |
Personal details | |
Born | 1920 |
Died | November 11, 2015 Graaff Reinet | (aged 94–95)
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.