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1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history

1991 Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church

1991 Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church

1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi

1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi

1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)

1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests

1945 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest

1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea

1853 1st U.S. woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell

1829 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith

1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England

1825 Antoinette Brown Blackwell, clergy, 1st ordained U.S. female minister

1793 Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained

1787 1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston

1760 Richard Allen, Philadelphia, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church

1703 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner in Philadelphia

1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland


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