Thirty years after the decision of the Anglican Diocese in Barbados to admit women to the priesthood, 16 women have been ordained and there are others moving to ordination.

This was revealed by Anglican Bishop Michael Maxwell yesterday while delivering the sermon at a service marking 30 years since the ordination of Canons Dr Sonia Hinds and Beverley Sealy-Knight, at St Leonard’s Anglican Church.

Scores of Anglicans from various churches where the two priests have led the ministry over the last three decades, as well as fellow male and female priests and some senior figures in the Anglican Diocese, family and friends attended the service.