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A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

Timeline of Events

1549

8.15.1549

Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).

1792

9.2.1792

During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.

1810

9.16.1810

With the ''Grito de Dolores,'' Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

1992

11.11.1992

The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.