be ordained
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June 25, 1972 William R. Johnson becomes the first openly gay person to be ordained a minister in the United Church of Christ.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024
“At the time we honestly thought women would be ordained within five years.”
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Julie Wheeler, her son Charles and daughter-in-law Miriam Brandon-Wheeler are among 16 people across Devon who will be ordained deacons on Saturday.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023
The pope established a commission in 2016 to study whether women should be ordained as deacons, but he has been clear that he believes they can never enter the priesthood.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2023
Before he was to be ordained, he was made an attractive offer of secular employment, which—perhaps because he felt himself indifferently suited to an ecclesiastical career—he found himself accepting.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
