1.   From her vantage point in Galway Cathedral she watched him ordain a priest into the celibate life.

2.   Not long ago, the Church of England voted to ordain women priests.

3.   There were already women deacons in the Church of England, while various other provinces of the Anglican communion not only ordained women priests but also consecrated women bishops.

4.   Last year the Church of England voted to ordain women priests.

5.   Already, a handful of bishops have ordained priests who are openly gay.

6.   But during that time, a few churches have left the diocese, saying the national denomination had become too liberal by ordaining women priests and consecrating female bishops.

7.   During his tenure in Newark, he ordained more priests than any other bishop in the same period, said Susan Gibbs, a spokeswoman for the Washington archdiocese.

8.   He ordained several priests.

9.   He might ordain a priest in such a relationship, he said.

10.   Many of the larger groups arrived with their own priests and nuns, and some have ordained priests from within their communities here.