Ordination of women in Christianity

=== 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.