Female clergy demand for women bishops
FEMALE clergy in the country have demanded that the Church of Uganda starts ordaining women bishops. Under their association, the Church of Uganda Clergy Women Fellowship (CUCWF), they decried the low number of female clerics in the country.
By Vision Reporter
FEMALE clergy in the country have demanded that the Church of Uganda starts ordaining women bishops. Under their association, the Church of Uganda Clergy Women Fellowship (CUCWF), they decried the low number of female clerics in the country.
“In Karamoja, there is only one female clergy. We need more female parish priests. It is high time we also had women bishops,†said Rev. Prudence Kaddu, the acting chairperson of CUWCF.
In a Church, which has over 30 dioceses, Kaddu explained, there are only about 150 women clerics.
Kaddu was speaking at a conference of female clergy, which was held at Lweza Training and Conference Centre off Entebbe road on Tuesday.
The conference, which drew about 100 participants, was organised to deliberate on challenges and opportunities facing female clergy in the 21st century.
“The Church of Uganda started training female clergy in 1964, but since then, we have never had any female bishop, why?†Kaddu wondered.
“It is good for the leaders to see the talents we have and understand our spiritual gifts to the ministry. Women are effective. In fact, if anything, we are even better.â€
She said there was nothing in the Church ministry that men could do that women could not.
Opening the workshop, the retired Bishop Eliphaz Maari, decried the favouritism towards men in the Church.
“Unlike Catholics, the Anglican Church has started accepting women as being equal to men. But there is still a lot to be done,†he said.
Rev. Alice Watala of Mbarara Diocese asked the Church to increase scholarships for the female clergy.
“Some people have a disease of preventing female clergy from acquiring further education. We should rebuke this,†said Rev. Hellen Oweka of Kitgum Diocese.
FEMALE clergy in the country have demanded that the Church of Uganda starts ordaining women bishops. Under their association, the Church of Uganda Clergy Women Fellowship (CUCWF), they decried the low number of female clerics in the country.
“In Karamoja, there is only one female clergy. We need more female parish priests. It is high time we also had women bishops,†said Rev. Prudence Kaddu, the acting chairperson of CUWCF.
In a Church, which has over 30 dioceses, Kaddu explained, there are only about 150 women clerics.
Kaddu was speaking at a conference of female clergy, which was held at Lweza Training and Conference Centre off Entebbe road on Tuesday.
The conference, which drew about 100 participants, was organised to deliberate on challenges and opportunities facing female clergy in the 21st century.
“The Church of Uganda started training female clergy in 1964, but since then, we have never had any female bishop, why?†Kaddu wondered.
“It is good for the leaders to see the talents we have and understand our spiritual gifts to the ministry. Women are effective. In fact, if anything, we are even better.â€
She said there was nothing in the Church ministry that men could do that women could not.
Opening the workshop, the retired Bishop Eliphaz Maari, decried the favouritism towards men in the Church.
“Unlike Catholics, the Anglican Church has started accepting women as being equal to men. But there is still a lot to be done,†he said.
Rev. Alice Watala of Mbarara Diocese asked the Church to increase scholarships for the female clergy.
“Some people have a disease of preventing female clergy from acquiring further education. We should rebuke this,†said Rev. Hellen Oweka of Kitgum Diocese.