Sarah Yabaye Umugore wa Mbere ugeze mu Buyobozi Bukuru bw’Itorero Angilikani, Handikwa Amateka Mashya y’Iri Torero
Ku nshuro idasanzwe mu mateka maremare y’Itorero Angilikani ryo mu Bwongereza (Church of England), umugore ageze ku rwego rwo hejuru cyane mu buyobozi bwaryo. Ibi byafashwe nk’intambwe ikomeye mu guhindura amateka n’imiterere y’iri torero ryashingiye ku muco n’imigenzo gakondo imaze ibinyejana byinshi.
Sarah Mullally, Umwepisikopi (Bishop) wa London, yabaye umugore wa mbere uhawe uyu mwanya ukomeye mu buyobozi bw’Itorero Angilikani. Uyu mwanya ufatwa nk’uwagatatu mu buremere, ukurikirwa n’Umwepisikopi wa Canterbury. Nubwo atari umuyobozi mukuru w’Itorero Angilikani ku rwego rw’isi yose, uyu mwanya ufatwa nk’uw’ingenzi cyane kandi umuha ijambo rikomeye mu by’iyobokamana no mu miyoborere y’iri torero.
Mu mateka y’Itorero Angilikani, ubuyobozi bukuru bwaryo bwari bweguriwe abagabo gusa. Nubwo mu mwaka wa 2014 iri torero ryemereye abagore kuba abepisikopi, iyimikwa rya Sarah Mullally nk’Umwepisikopi wa London mu 2018 ryabaye ikimenyetso gikomeye cy’impinduka, ari na ryo ryamushyize ku rwego rwo hejuru cyane mu buyobozi bw’iri torero.
Sarah Mullally, wavutse mu 1960, yabanje kuba umuforomo, anaba umuyobozi mukuru w’urwego rw’ubuforomo mu Bwongereza (Chief Nursing Officer), mbere yo kwinjira mu murimo w’iyobokamana. Ubunararibonye bwe mu miyoborere, ubuyobozi n’imibereho myiza y’abaturage byamugize umwe mu bayobozi bubashywe cyane mu gihugu.
Itorero Angilikani ryashinzwe ku mugaragaro mu mwaka wa 1534, mu gihe cy’ubutegetsi bw’Umwami Henry VIII, hashingiwe ku itegeko ryiswe Act of Supremacy ryemeje ko Umwami w’u Bwongereza aba ari we muyobozi w’ikirenga w’itorero mu gihugu. Ibi byabaye intangiriro yo kwitandukanya n’ubushumba bwa Papa i Roma, bituma havuka Itorero Angilikani rifite imizi mu Bukirisitu Gatolika ariko rikanagira umwihariko waryo.
Kuva icyo gihe, iri torero rimaze hafi imyaka 500 ribayeho, rikaba rifite abayoboke benshi mu Bwongereza no mu bindi bihugu bigize Umuryango w’Amatorero ya Angilikani (Anglican Communion) ku isi hose.
Kugera k’umugore ku rwego rwo hejuru nk’urwa Sarah Mullally byafashwe nk’ikimenyetso cy’uko Itorero Angilikani riri kugenda ryemera impinduka z’ibihe, rigerageza guhuza imyemerere n’imibereho y’abantu bo muri iki gihe. Benshi babona ko iyi ntambwe ishobora kugira ingaruka zikomeye ku biganiro bijyanye n’uburinganire, ubuyobozi bw’abagore n’ahazaza h’amatorero akomeye ku isi.
Nubwo hakiri impaka n’abatagishyigikiye izi mpinduka, amateka arimo kwiyandikwa bushya mu Itorero Angilikani, aho abagore batangiye gufata imyanya y’ingenzi mu buyobozi bw’iyobokamana—ibintu bitari byarigeze bibaho mu binyejana byashize.
