Presiding Bishop among 12 women who shaped Christianity

The Telegraph names The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church as one of 12 women who shaped Christianity:

1 and 2: The Holy Marys

3: Theodora Episcopa

4. Hilda of Whitby (614–80)

5. Pope Joan (853-55)

6. Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)

7. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–31)

8. Mary Ward (1585–1645)

9. Therese of Lisieux (1873–97)

10. Blessed Teresa (1910-97)

11. Katharine Jefferts Schori (1954- )

Raised as a Roman Catholic, Jefferts Schori became in 2006 the first female primate (head) of one of the branches of the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which the Church of England is a member. She is Presiding Bishop of the Episcopalian Church in the US, where her appointment has caused near schism. Unusually for a Christian leader, she supports abortion rights for women.

12. Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger (1956- )

Read about all of the women. Who would you add?

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