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I'm not sure what you mean by the question, but if you mean can females be priests in the Catholic Church the answer is 'no'. Although there are movements within Catholicism to allow women to become priests, the willingness of the heirarchy to allow this is a long way off.
However, in many other denominations such as the Anglican Church, Methodism, the URC and so on women can become priests or ministers with the same rights and privileges as men, and have been allowed for many years.
What else can I help you with?
What is male of priestess?
Priest
Was Saint Valentine a male or a female?
Saint Valentine was a male. He was also a priest.
What is opposite of gender priest?
PriestessPriestessA priestess is the opposite gender of a priest. Priestesses have the authority to administer religious rites.
What is the name given to the voodoo priest?
The name given to a voodoo priest is "houngan" for a male priest and "mambo" for a female priest. These titles are used in Haitian Vodou, a religion practiced in Haiti and among the Haitian diaspora.
Can a married priest become a pope?
In theory, any Catholic male can be elected pope. In practice, the election is usually done among the cardinals, and I suspect it's fairly unlikely that a married priest - who would be sort of an outsider within the Catholic community - becomes either a cardinal or a pope.
Why don't you have to be a priest to be a pope?
Canon Law only states that the person be a male Catholic. However, if he is not already a priest or bishop, he must be ordained as both before he can be installed as pope.
What is the female gender of the word priest?
Traditionally, priestess was the name for a female following the same or similar duties of a priest; however, today, there is no distinction made. Whether a male or female cleric, the terms priest, reverend, pastor, etc., are used regardless of gender.
How do you use houngan in a sentence?
A houngan is a male priest in Haitian Voodoo. The houngan's role is to keep the spirits and the community connected as a whole.
What do you call a girl vicar?
A vicar. The title 'vicar' is the title of the person who is the priest with spiritual oversight of a parish and is not dependent upon the gender of the priest. Therefore both male and females are called vicars. The level of ordination of a vicar is that of priest. Similarly a female priest is called, still, a priest and not a priestess. Priestesses were (and are) associated with pagan cults or even witchcraft, and so Christian priests who are women are called priests.
Are hougans powerful in hatai?
In the country of Haiti, a houngan is a male priest that is associated with Haitian Vodou. There are two ranks of them which are the houngan asowge and houngan sur pwen. The houngan asowge is the high priest and the more powerful of the two.
What is the opposite of a nun?
The male equivalent of a nun is a monk, or a priest. However if you mean the opposite of an nun spiritually, that would be an atheist.
Why are only men allowed to be priests?
In the Roman Catholic Church, the male priest represents God.Female priests are permitted in the Episcopal Church.
