Hi foreshorten - just for the record Anglo-Catholics as Episcopalian and Church of England people (lay  and ordained) call themselves, do not consider themselves theologically 'protestant' and many are still opposed to the ordination of women; after years of debate the General Synods (involving 3 'houses' of bishops, priests and laity) eventually had a 60% majority in each of the houses for the ordination of women. The practicalities were fudged in the UK and that is something that they will have to work through (TEC were not as hidebound and led the way) - they are still working with the fallout as the 'evangelical' (protestant) wing are still very much against the ordination of women (because women must not teach men, not because they cannot administer sacraments) and, now, gay marriage. 
This is a complex issue and will tear the Catholic Church apart. 
Papa Francis is in a lose-lose situation but it seems as if he has unlocked the door, eve though the key is still in the keyhole!