Title: Women priests and bishops - Gender equality - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - WJEC - BBC Bitesize
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Women priests and bishops
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Content: This means that women can now be ordained as ministers and vicars. In January 2017, Wales saw its first female bishop consecrated. Canon Joanna Penberthy, Bishop of St Davids Cathedral, was also one of the first women in Wales to be ordained as a priest in 1997. Catholic Church's stance
In the Catholic Church only men can become priests and bishops. They have to remain celibate because their position means they are married to the Church and need to be free of family responsibilities to be able to perform their duties fully. Women cannot be ordained as priests in the Catholic Church. Women have different roles in the Roman Catholic Church. curriculum-key-fact
Catholics believe that men and women are equal but have different roles to play in religion. Unordained members, called laymen and laywomen, are equally allowed to help in giving out the bread and wine at Mass, to read and to perform social roles such as visiting the sick. In many denominations of Christianity, men and women can devote their lives to God by becoming a monk or nun.