1996 Event 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history 1995 Death Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party 1992 Event Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests 1987 Event Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1986 Event Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown 1986 Event Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown 1984 Event Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize 1983 Event Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral U.K. nuclear disarmament 1981 Event 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released 1966 Event 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church 1955 Birthday Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson 1939 Birthday Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage 1931 Birthday Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982 1909 Birthday Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru 1792 Birthday John Keble, Anglican priest/founder, Oxford Movement 1787 Event 1st Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London 1695 Event Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland 1656 Death James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76 1577 Birthday Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy
