Changing face of Church's equal rites

Jill had to wait another seven years before she became one of Yorkshire's first women priests, something she thought would never happen, but she still she has to endure prejudice, like the clergyman who refused to walk in the Remembrance Day procession because she was part of it

"I think it's having a sense of humour that's kept me going," she says. "It's a great God-given gift, and I think the Vicar of Dibley has done women who work in the Church a great service. When I end up on someone's doorstep, they say 'Oh it's the Vicar of Dibley', and it breaks the ice."

In most circles, women priests are now an accepted part of the Church of England, which inevitably has left some calling for the next step to be taken with the appointment of female bishops. Read more