Kansan returns to the Catholic Church as the state’s first woman priest

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Tina Thompson was ordained as Kansas’ first Roman Catholic Woman Priest on Nov. 1, 2025, at a Unity Church in Lawrence. (Submitted)

Tina Thompson was ordained as Kansas’ first Roman Catholic Woman Priest on Nov. 1, 2025, at a Unity Church in Lawrence. (Submitted)

LAWRENCE — Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic.

She was ordained in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an international group that has tethered itself to the Catholic Church but isn’t officially recognized.

“This is about something so much bigger than me,” Thompson said in an interview on the Kansas Reflector podcast. “This is about women who want to show the world that we are…