The Reverend Rosemary Anderson can now consign a pro-woman bishops tea towel to the back of the linen cupboard.
Wanganui Anglicans are delighted with the Church of England's recent vote to allow women to become bishops.
Reverend Anderson of Christ Church Parish had a tea towel on her office wall with a slogan supporting the ordination of women in England as bishops.
She believes there has been a sea change that has led to the majority vote by the General Synod, the governing body of the Church of England, in the city of York this week.
"My father was an Anglican priest and he was against the ordination of women priests for a long time, then changed his mind.
"I asked him what made him jump wakas and he said it was a time, a season to have a different view."
Parish vicar Reverend Stuart Goodin agrees the news is good.
"It is a pleasing outcome; although we have had women bishops here for over 20 years now, we rejoice that England now has the same.
"It won't affect us although it may facilitate opportunity for women clergy who may want to travel to England."
The first New Zealand Anglican woman bishop was the Right Reverend Dr Penny Jamieson, elected Bishop of Dunedin in 1990.
Currently there are two women bishops in New Zealand, the Right Reverend Victoria Matthews in Christchurch and the Right Reverend Helen-Ann Hartley in Waikato.
"The Church of England is our mother church but we are self-governing," says Reverend Anderson.
Women were first ordained as Anglican priests in New Zealand in 1977 and Reverend Anderson was ordained in 1987.
She has huge admiration for women who become bishops, especially Victoria Matthews in Christchurch who has had to manage the ongoing dispute over the fate of the damaged Christchurch Cathedral.
"She is such a nice, warm compassionate person and she has a very difficult job."