Karen Kime
| The Venerable Karen Kime | |
|---|---|
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Other posts | St John's, Wagga Wagga |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2000 (priest); |
| Consecration | 2012 (archdeacon) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Charles Sturt University |
Karen Kime is an Aboriginal Australian priest and archdeacon in the Anglican Church of Australia. She is a Birripi woman.[1]
Early life
Kime grew up in Cabramatta, Sydney.[2] Her extended family come from the Dingo Creek area of Kempsey Shire, New South Wales.[3]
Kime completed a BA in Social Welfare and a MA in Cultural Heritage.[1]
Career
Kime was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia in 2000.[4] She was the first Aboriginal woman to become a priest in New South Wales.[4]
In February 2012, Kime was made an archdeacon. She became the first female Aboriginal to hold such a position in the Anglican Church of Australia.[4] She is responsible for indigenous ministry in Canberra and Goulburn and is also the indigenous services manager for Anglicare.[4] Kime has been responsible for bringing the needs of Aboriginal Australians to the attention of the Anglican Church and calling for new appointments and structures to address social inequality. For example, she has stated that all dioceses should join together to fund a full-time Aboriginal bishop.[5]
In 2012, she delivered the John Roffey Memorial Lecture at the Anglicare Australia conference.
In 2013, she was a delegate on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[3]
She is an academic fellow at Charles Sturt University and lectures in the university's schools of theology, education and humanities.[1] She developed the first indigenous social welfare and theology subjects for distance education students and the first teacher education program for primary teachers in indigenous teaching and learning.[6] As of 2015, Kime is studying towards a PhD in Aboriginal spirituality.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Jerome, Prax,. "Karen Kime". www.csu.edu.au. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ "Call to fund full-time Aboriginal Bishop · News · Anglicare - NSW South, NSW West & ACT". www.anglicare.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Our members - their stories and their ministries". National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kime appointed archdeacon". Canberra Times. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ "Call to fund full-time Aboriginal Bishop, News, Anglicare - NSW South, NSW West & ACT". www.anglicare.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ "Research Ethics Committee members". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Studies. Retrieved 12 December 2015.