Elizabeth Malloch

Elizabeth Gilmour Malloch (6 September 1910 – 29 September 2000) was an educator and activist for equality within the Episcopal Church. She was one of the first women to become a priest in the Episcopal Church.

Early life Malloch was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 6, 1910. She was the eldest of four children and the only daughter of Jane Clarke, a telegraphist in the Civil Service, and John Malloch, an accountant. After a campaign for women to be admitted as priests, in 1994, she became one of the first, and oldest, women to become a priest within the Episcopal Church.

Malloch was a member of the Movement for the Whole Ministry, which aimed to make the Church more inclusive. She also volunteered as an English tutor at YWCA Roundabout Centre.