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• v  order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
• v  appoint to a clerical posts
  he was ordained in the Church
• v  invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  The minister was ordained only last month
• v  issue an order
• s  fixed or established especially by order or command
• s  invested with ministerial or priestly functions
  an ordained priest

• Women priests could possibly be ordained in 1976, if the next triennial convention rules that the language of the constitution permits such a move.
• The pioneer was Regina Jonas, ordained in Germany in 1935.
• Because I want to follow Jesus and do what he ordained, God wants to support us.

• ordain
• enact
• consecrate
• ordinate
• order
• appointed
• decreed
• prescribed

News & Articles

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• Newly ordained priests across country hail from variety of backgrounds
  Newly ordained priests offer their first blessing over Chicago Cardinal Francis George on May 18 at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. (CNS/Catholic News World/Natalie Battaglia)
  June 19, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter
• Three new priests ordained in Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids appointed to pastoral positions
  Three bilingual men ages 26 to 32 were ordained as priests June 1 and will begin their pastoral assignments next month.
  June 17, 2013 - The Muskegon Chronicle
• Samuel Wagner to be ordained a deacon for Diocese of NU
  Samuel Wagner will be ordained a deacon for the Diocese of New Ulm on Saturday, June 15 at the Church of St. Mary in Sleepy Eye by the Most Reverend John M. LeVoir, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm. The ordination Mass will begin at 10 a.m.
  June 16, 2013 - Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in guardian.co.uk
  But, in his reply, the Pope said recent developments, "especially concerning the ordained ministry and certain moral teachings, have affected not only international relations within the Anglican Communion, but also relations between the Anglican...
• David Plouffe in Washington Post
  Many in Washington have spent the last weeks declaring that outcome of this race to be pre-ordained, and the primary process a mere formality,said Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe in an e-mail. "Yet, in this quarter alone,...
• Katharine Jefferts Schori in Virtue Online
  In the text of the inhibition, Jefferts Schori wrote: "I hereby inhibit the said Bishop Schofield and order that from and after 5:00 pm PST, Friday, January 11, 2008, he cease from exercising the gifts of ordination in the ordained ministry of this...