Short Name: | Rosemary Anne Benwell |
Full Name: | Benwell, Rosemary Anne |
Birth Year: | 1915 |
Death Year: | 2001 |
Rosemary Anne Benwell was born in England and emigrated with her family to Manitoba. At a young age she longed to be a priest in the Episcopal Church, but at the time, the church was not ordaining women. She attended Wycliffe College in Toronto and was ordained as a deaconess. She later entered the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. In 1978, after the Episcopal Church allowed women to be priests, she was the first Canadian nun to become a priest.
Dianne Shapiro, from Voices Found by Marilyn Haskel and Lisa Neufeld Thomas (New York: Church Publishing, 2004)
Texts by Rosemary Anne Benwell (2) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Apostle of the Word | Rosemary Anne Benwell, SSJD, 1915-2001 (Author) | 3 | |
Sing hallelujah to our God, Sing out in glad and glorious praise | Rosemary Anne Benwell (Author) | 2 |