Female priests outnumber men in Church of Sweden

Sweden Women Priests

The Church of Sweden now has more female than male priests for the first time, a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960.

The Lutheran institution, which was the official Swedish state church until 2000, now counts 1,533 women serving as priests and 1,527 men. Its archbishop and several bishops are also women.