<P> The Anglican Church in Aotearoa , New Zealand and Polynesia first ordained women as priests in 1977 and was the first Anglican province to elect a woman as a diocesan bishop when , in 1989 , Penny Jamieson was elected Bishop of Dunedin . She retired in 2004 . In 2008 the Diocese of Christchurch elected Victoria Matthews , former Bishop of Edmonton in the Anglican Church of Canada , as 8th Bishop of Christchurch . In 2013 , Helen - Ann Hartley became the first woman ordained in the Church of England to become a bishop when she was elected as Bishop of Waikato and joint diocesan bishop in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki . </P>
<P> The Anglican Church in Aotearoa , New Zealand and Polynesia first ordained women as priests in 1977 and was the first Anglican province to elect a woman as a diocesan bishop when , in 1989 , Penny Jamieson was elected Bishop of Dunedin . She retired in 2004 . In 2008 the Diocese of Christchurch elected Victoria Matthews , former Bishop of Edmonton in the Anglican Church of Canada , as 8th Bishop of Christchurch . In 2013 , Helen - Ann Hartley became the first woman ordained in the Church of England to become a bishop when she was elected as Bishop of Waikato and joint diocesan bishop in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki . </P>
when did the church of england allow female bishops
when did the church of england allow female bishops
2013
2013