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Abbe Lyons

Abbe Lyons was one of the first three American women to be ordained as cantors in the Jewish Renewal, along with Susan Wehle and Michal Rubin.

Albert Tobias Clay

He graduated at Franklin and Marshall College in 1889, and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1892; was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in the latter year; was fellow in Assyrian and instructor in Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania, to which, after being instructor in Old Testament theology at the Chicago Lutheran Seminary in 1895-99, he returned as lecturer in Semitic archæology.

Ambrosius of Georgia

He graduated from the Tiflis Theological Seminary in 1885 and was ordained to the priesthood in Abkhazia where he served as a priest in Sukhumi, New Athos, and Lykhny, and also delivered courses in the Georgian language.

Aventinus of Tours

Living the life of a hermit in Tours, France, before being ordained a deacon by St. Thomas Becket, and subsequently accompanied him to the Synod of Tours in 1163.

Barry Rogerson

In the course of his episcopal ministry in Bristol, Rogerson ordained the first 32 female priests in the Church of England on 12 March 1994 at his cathedral.

Benedictus van Haeften

After studying philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, he entered the Benedictine Abbey of Affligem in 1609, took solemn vows on 14 May 1611, and was ordained priest in 1613.

Cataldo Amodei

He was born in Sciacca and in 1685 was ordained as a priest; in the same year he became maestro di cappella at the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples.

Charles Ignatius White

His classical studies were made at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, and at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, and his theological course at St. Sulpice, Paris, where he was ordained priest on 5 June 1830.

Cyril Golding-Bird

After time as vicar of St Barnabas', Dover, he began a long period of service overseas: first as Dean of the Falkland Islands; then a similar post in Newcastle, New South Wales following which he was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Kalgoorlie.

Cyril Salim Bustros

He was ordained to the episcopate on November 27, 1988, in the Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, by Maximos V Hakim, assisted by Archbishops Zoghby and Joseph Raya.

Dermot Ryan

He was ordained a bishop by Pope Paul VI in Rome assisted by Cardinals Bernard Alfrink and William Conway (Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland), on 13 February 1972.

Dimissorial letters

Dimissorial letters (in Latin, litterae dimissoriae) are testimonial letters given by a bishop or by a competent religious superior to his subjects in order that they may be ordained by another bishop.

Edward Likowski

He gained a bachelor's in 1861 from Monastir and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1861 in the diocese of diocese of Gniezno-Poznań.

Eugenio Coter

On April 24, 2013, he was ordained bishop in the Cathedral Church of Riberalta by the bishops Luis Morgan Casey, vicar apostolic emeritus of Pando, cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Tito Solari Capellari, archbishop of Cochabamba.

Francis Joseph Hall

Ordained a deacon at St. John's Chapel of Racine College on July 1, 1885, he was advanced to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on October 11, 1886 by the Rt.

Franjo Kuharić

He was ordained a priest on 15 July 1945 in Zagreb, by Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac, archbishop of Zagreb.

Franz Michael Permaneder

He studied theology and jurisprudence at Landshut and in 1818 was ordained to the priesthood at Regensburg.

Georges-Hilaire Dupont

Dupont was born in Virey, France and was ordained a priest on May 9, 1943 from the religious order Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Giovanni Battista Spínola

He was ordained a Catholic Priest in 1728, and made a Cardinal in 1733, given the titulus of San Cesareo in Palatio.

Gregorio Garavito Jiménez

Jiménez was born in Junín, Colombia and was ordained a priest on July 24, 1942 from the religious order of Missionaries of the Company of Mary.

Henry Bonney

He was ordained deacon in 1803 and priest in 1804, with a charge at Thurlby, in Lincolnshire.

Immanuel Winkler

He was ordained on November 6, 1911, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and was named pastor of the Hoffnungstal Parish and vicar in Kassel (today, Welykokomariwka/Великокомарівка) until 1918.

Ira Condict

A graduate of The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Condict was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian faith.

Joseph Duval

Born in Chênex, Duval was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1953.

Joseph Ferdinand Damberger

After completing his earlier studies in the public schools of his native town, he pursued the study of law at Landshut, then studied theology at Salzburg, Landshut, and Munich, and was ordained a priest in 1818.

Kenneth Newing

After a period of study at The College of the Resurrection, Mirfield he was ordained in 1955 and began his career with a curacy at Plymstock followed by a long period as Rector of Plympton St Maurice.

Keshavashram

On the Shuddha Panchami (5th day) of the Ashādhā month in 1804, the new shishya was ordained as Vāmanāshram.

Kuberakolam

In Hindu mythology, Kubera is the god of riches and wealth, and it is believed that if one worships the Kubera kolam as ordained in the scriptures, he/she will be rewarded with wealth and prosperity.

Kuriakose Mor Theophilos

He was ordained as Deacon by Mor Gregorios Geevarghese Metropolitan in 1989, as priest by the Catholicos of the East, Baselios Thomas I in 2002 and in 2003 he was ordained as metropolitan with the name Mor Theophilos.

Lambert of Hersfeld

At the time of his entry into the monastery, he was also ordained as a priest at Aschaffenburg and therefore sometimes called Lampert of Aschaffenburg.

Loughgall

W. R. Rodgers (1909 – 1969), probably best known as a poet, was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1935 and was first appointed to Loughgall Presbyterian Church, Loughgall, where he was minister for 12 years.

Lucas Maius

Ordained by Johann Stössel in Weimar, Maius took over as substitute pastor in Eishausen, Straufhain in 1561, and in 1562 became pastor as well.

Mario Francesco Pompedda

He studied at seminaries in Sassari and Cuglieri and was ordained a priest in Rome on 23 December 1951.

Michael Battle

Michael J. Battle (born 1964), American theologian and academic who worked with and was ordained by Desmond Tutu

Michael Rackl

Born in Rittersdorf, Rackl was ordained a priest on 29 June 1909 at the age of 25 in Eichstätt by Cardinal Konrad von Preysing.

Nathaniel Bowen

Bowen graduated from the College of Charleston in 1794; was ordained deacon in 1800 and priest in 1802.

Pablo Barrachina Estevan

He was ordained a priest on July 13, 1941 of the Sergorbe Diocese.

Patrick Joseph Dillon

Dillon received his early education at school in Banagher, County Offaly and then entered the missionary seminary at All Hallows College, Dublin and was ordained priest on 25 October 1863.

Peregrin Obdržálek

After being ordained in 1850, he worked as a curate in Dražovice, Topolany, Brankovice, Pustiměř and in Tichá near Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.

Presbytery

Presbyterium, a body of ordained, active priests in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches

Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church

The congregation gained national attention in 2001 when it ordained Anita C. Hill (not to be confused with Anita Hill of the Clarence Thomas US Senate confirmation hearings).

Shangarai Chasset

Historians Jonathan Sarna and Jacob Rader Marcus noted in various works that during that era most U.S. "rabbis" were not ordained; calling him a fake may have been too strong a critique of his pastoral abilities.

Stanisław Ryłko

He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) on 30 March 1969, in Wawel Cathedral, and then did pastoral work in Poronin until 1971.

The Communards

Coles followed his Christian leanings and, after periods as a journalist for the Times Literary Supplement and Catholic Herald, he was ordained in the Church of England, spending time as the curate of St Botolph's (The Stump) in Boston, Lincolnshire and as assistant priest at St Paul's Knightsbridge and Chaplain to the Royal College of Music.

Thomas Bonacum

He studied at St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and at the University of Würzburg, Bavaria, after which he was ordained priest at St. Louis, 18 June 1870.

Timothy Priestley

In 1760 he was ordained pastor of the congregation at Kipping (later Kipping Chapel, Thornton), near Bradford, Yorkshire: an uncomfortable settlement because the owner of the Kipping estate having ceased to be in sympathy with nonconformity.

Wilfred Currie

Educated at the University of Edinburgh and ordained in 1933, Currie was a curate at St John’s Aberdeen and then Priest in charge of St Mark’s in the same city.

William H. Stetson

William H. Stetson is a Roman Catholic priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei ordained in 1962.

William Leigh Williamson Eyre

He was ordained in 1865 and became curate of a number of English parishes before being appointed, in 1875, rector of Swarraton and vicar of Northington, Hampshire, where he remained for the rest of his life.


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