Ordination of women in Christianity

== Women as Protestant bishops ==
{{see also|Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion|Ordination of women in Methodism}}
Some Protestant Churches, including those of the Lutheran, Hussite, Anglican, Methodist, and Moravian traditions, have allowed women to become bishops:<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
* 1924: [[Mount Sinai Holy Church of America]] – [[Ida B. Robinson]] served as founder and first presiding bishop 
* 1929: [[Old Catholic Mariavite Church]] in Poland (and [[Catholic Mariavite Church]], a 1935 schism from the Old Catholic Mariavite Church) – [[Maria Izabela Wiłucka-Kowalska]] and 11 nuns
* 1980: [[United Methodist Church]] – [[Marjorie Matthews]]
* 1988: [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] – [[Barbara Clementine Harris]]
* 1990: [[Anglican Church of New Zealand]] – [[Penelope Ann Bansall Jamieson]]
* 1990: Temple of The Good Shepherd Ministries Worldwide Inc. {Non Denominational} Eloisa Crawley Bonaparte 
* 1992: [[North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church]] – [[Maria Jepsen]]
* 1993: [[Church of Norway]] (Lutheran) – [[Rosemarie Köhn]]
* 1993: [[Anglican Church of Canada]] – [[Victoria Matthews]]
* 1995: [[Church of Denmark]] (Evangelical Lutheran) – [[Lise-Lotte Rebel]]
* 1995: [[Church of Greenland]] – [[Sofie Petersen]]
* 1996: [[Church of Sweden]] (Evangelical Lutheran) – [[Christina Odenberg]]
* 1998: [[Moravian Church in America]] – [[Kay Ward]]
* 1998: [[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] – [[Nelinda Primavera-Briones]]
* 1998: [[Presbyterian Church in Guatemala]]
* 1999: [[Czechoslovak Hussite Church]] – [[Jana Šilerová]]
* 1999: [[Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover]] – [[Margot Käßmann]]
* 2000: [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] – [[Vashti Murphy McKenzie]]
* 2001: [[Evangelical Church of Bremen]] – [[Brigitte Boehme]], titled president, a laywoman since the presidency does not require theological skills 
* 2001: [[North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church]] – [[Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter]]
* 2003: [[The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church]] (GCEPC) USA – [[Nancy K. Drew]]
* 2003: [[Church of Denmark]] (Evangelical Lutheran) – [[Elisabeth Dons Chritensen]]
* 2007: [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada]] – [[Susan Johnson (bishop)|Susan Johnson]]
* 2008: [[Anglican Church of Australia]] – [[Kay Goldsworthy]]
* 2008: [[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]] – [[Mildred Hines]]
* 2009: [[Evangelical Church in Central Germany]] – [[Ilse Junkermann]]
* 2010: [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]] – [[Irja Askola]]
* 2011: [[North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church]] – [[Kirsten Fehrs]]
* 2011: [[Evangelical Church of Westphalia]] – [[Annette Kurschus]], titled ''[[praeses]]''<!--http://www.evangelisch.de/themen/religion/die-neue-pr%C3%A4ses-und-ihr-verhei%C3%9Fungsvolles-unternehmen51903 -->
* 2012: [[Church of Iceland]] (Lutheran) – [[Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir]]
* 2012: [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] – [[Ellinah Wamukoya]]
* 2012: [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] – [[Margaret Brenda Vertue|Margaret Vertue]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201210040467.html|title=South Africa: Church Elects Woman Bishop|work=www.allAfrica.com|access-date=14 March 2015|date=4 October 2012}}</ref>
* 2012: [[Church of Denmark]] – [[Tine Lindhardt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interchurch.dk/news/news/article/third-woman-bishop-elected-on-funen|title=interchurch.dk: Third woman bishop elected on Funen|work=interchurch.dk|access-date=14 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031519/http://www.interchurch.dk/news/news/article/third-woman-bishop-elected-on-funen|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Church of Denmark]] – [[Marianne Christiansen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkekirken.dk/fast-indhold/nyhed/article/marianne-christiansen-bispeviet-i-haderslev|title=Marianne Christiansen bispeviet i Haderslev|date=4 March 2015|work=folkekirken.dk|access-date=14 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031552/http://www.folkekirken.dk/fast-indhold/nyhed/article/marianne-christiansen-bispeviet-i-haderslev/|archive-date=29 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Church of Ireland]] (Anglican) – [[Pat Storey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ireland.anglican.org/news/4848|title=Church of Ireland – A province of the Anglican Communion|author=Central Communications Board of the General Synod)|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of America]] – [[Elizabeth Eaton]]<ref name="elca.org">{{cite web|url=http://elca.org/About/Leadership/Churchwide-Officers/Presiding-Bishop|title=Presiding Bishop|work=ELCA.org|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]] – [[Helen-Ann Hartley]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Libby Lane]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Alison White (bishop)|Alison White]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Rachel Treweek]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Sarah Mullally]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Anne Hollinghurst]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Ruth Worsley]]
* 2015: [[Church of England]] – [[Christine Hardman]]
* 2016: [[Church of England]] – [[Karen Gorham]]
* 2016: [[Church of England]] – [[Jo Bailey Wells]]
* 2016: [[Church of England]] – [[Jan McFarlane]]
* 2017: [[Church of England]] – [[Guli Francis-Dehqani]]
* 2017: [[Church in Wales]] – [[June Osborne]]
* 2017: [[Church of Denmark]] – [[Marianne Gaarden]]
* 2018: [[Scottish Episcopal Church]] – [[Anne Dyer]]
* 2018: [[Church in Wales]] – [[Joanna Penberthy]] 
* 2019: [[Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck]] – [[Beate Hofmann]]
* 2019: [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany]] – [[Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt]]
* 2020: [[Church of Greenland]] – [[Paneeraq Siegstad Munk]]
* 2021: [[Evangelical Church of the Palatinate]] – [[Dorothee Wüst]], titled president
* 2021: [[Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany]] – [[Susanne Bei der Wieden]], titled president
* 2022: [[Protestant Church in Baden]] – [[Heike Springhart]]
* Others: Protestant churches in German Lutheran, Reformed and United churches (EKD), [[Protestant Church of the Netherlands]]

=== Women as archbishops or denominational heads ===
* 1934 [[Salvation Army]] – [[Evangeline Booth]] becomes [[General of The Salvation Army]].
* 1960 [[United Free Church of Scotland]] – [[Elizabeth Barr]] becomes Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland.
* 2004 [[Church of Scotland]] – Dr. [[Alison Elliot]] becomes [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland|moderator]] of the [[General Assembly of the Church of Scotland|General Assembly]]
* 2005 [[Metropolitan Community Church]] – [[Nancy Wilson (religious leader)|Nancy Wilson]], first woman installed as moderator. 
* 2006 [[The Episcopal Church]] – The Most Reverend Dr. [[Katharine Jefferts Schori]]. Installed as [[Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church]] and [[Primate (bishop)|Primate]] (the same position which some other provinces in the [[Anglican Communion]] refer to as an Archbishop) at [[Washington National Cathedral]] on 4 November 2006, though she technically took office on the first of November.
*2007 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada – [[Susan Johnson (bishop)|Susan Johnson]]. First woman to serve as National Bishop of the ELCIC. She was consecrated 29 September 2007.
*2008 The Wesleyan Church – [[Jo Anne Lyon (General Superintendent)|Jo Anne Lyon]]. First woman to serve as a General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church, and first to serve as the sole General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church in its history. She was elected in June 2008 and 2012 respectively.
* 2013: [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of America]] – [[Elizabeth Eaton]]. First women installed as Presiding Bishop.<ref name="elca.org"/>
* 2014 [[Church of Sweden]] – [[Antje Jackelén]] [[Archbishop of Uppsala]]. Installed in [[Uppsala Cathedral]] on 15 June 2014.