In many denominations of Christianity the ordination of women is a relatively recent phenomenon within the life of the Church.
This list includes ordained ministers, bishops and other church leaders who have made an impact on their Christian denomination, or have been recognized as pathbreakers.
In Presbyterianism, Methodism and a few other denominations the ordination of women predates 1900 and is now common enough to be unremarkable.
Ludmila Javorová - made public in 1995 her claim to have been ordained in 1970 during Communist rule in Czechoslovakia.
The ordination of Javorová, although officiated by a bishop in communion with the Pope, was declared to be invalid.