First female Anglican priest remembered

THE 70th anniversary of the ordination of the first female Anglican priest is being celebrated on Saturday.

Rev Dr Florence Li Tim-Oi was ordained in China on January 25, 1944.

A church service will be held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, central London at 11am on Saturday to mark the anniversary.

After the World War II, Li Tim-Oi was put under pressure by church authorities and resigned her licence as a priest, but did not give up her holy orders.

She was put in charge of a parish near the Vietnamese border, where she started a maternity home to ensure baby girls were not smothered at birth.

Li Tim-Oi eventually moved to Toronto, Canada, to be with other members of her family.

She lived there until her death in 1992.

A foundation was set up in her name two years later to enable women to be trained for Christian work in their own countries. It has given more than STG750,000 ($A1.43 million) in grants to more than 350 women in countries including Brazil, Fiji, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

One of the first beneficiaries of the foundation, Rev Canon Dr Edidah-Mary Mujinya, now president of the Mothers' Union in Uganda, will preach at the service in London.

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