Caird — a bishop and a leader
UNLIKE the Church of England, the “mother” church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the Church of Ireland managed the introduction of women priests relatively smoothly and with little or no acrimony, certainly nothing that had any lasting effect.
And even now, while the mother church remains deeply divided over women bishops, the Church of Ireland already has one in place. The Rev Patricia Storey was appointed Bishop of Meath and Kildare in September 2013. However, this is not to say that all were singing from the same hymn sheet on this side of the Irish Sea on the ordination of women.
