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Anglican

Marion Elizabeth Mingins,

Chaplain to the Queen
when she was appointed in 1996.

Early life and education

Mingins was born on 12 July 1952 in

Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW) in 1975.[1][5]

Ministry

Mingins felt a

Advisory Council for the Church's Ministry (ACCM) of the Church of England in 1983.[1][3] She was promoted to senior selection secretary in 1984.[1][4]

Ordained ministry

On 9 July 1987, with the change of the Church of England's canon law to allow the ordination of women, Mingins became one of the church's first female

Diocese of Southwark from 1987 to 1988.[5][2] She was then drawn to a religious life and was a Novice of the Order of the Holy Paraclete at Whitby, Yorkshire from 1989 to 1991.[5][3]

In 1991, Mingins left the religious community and returned to secular life.

Canon Residentiary in 1993, thereby becoming one of the first women to become a full-member of a cathedral chapter.[1][2]

Mingins was ordained as a

Chaplain to the Queen (QHC):[6][9] she was the first woman appointed from the Church of England and this was seen as royal approval for the ordination of women.[3][6] As a QHC, she was one of a team of 35 chaplains who took private services for the Royal Family.[6] From 1999 to 2002, having left her previous role as DDO, she served as Canon Pastor of St Edmundsbury Cathedral.[1]

Mingins retired from full-time ministry in 2002, having been diagnosed with breast cancer.[2][3] She was appointed Canon Emeritus by the cathedral and granted permission to officiate in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich so that she could continue her ministry on a part-time basis.[1][5] She died on 26 June 2006, aged 53.[4]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Atwell, James (31 July 2006). "Obituary: Canon Marion Mingins". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Canon Marion Mingins". The Daily Telegraph. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Rev Canon Marion Mingins". The Times. 14 August 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Canon Marion Elizabeth Mingins". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e Moyes, Jojo (2 March 1996). "Female chaplain gets royal seal". The Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ^ "ORDINATIONS". Church Times. 10 July 1987. p. 15.
  8. ^ "ORDINATIONS". Church Times. 6 May 1994. p. 5.
  9. ^ "By royal appointment". Church Times. No. 6943. 8 March 1996. p. 1.
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