Black History February 11, 1989 Barbara C. Harris is ordained Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts becoming the first woman to hold this position. February 11, 1989
May May 13, 1997 Sister Nirmala Joshi is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity. May 13, 1997
March March 18, 1922 The first Bat Mitzvah is held in the United States for Judith Kaplan, daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan March 18, 1922
July July 7, 1946 Mother Xavier Francis Cabrini becomes the first American woman citizen to become a saint. July 7, 1946
May May 1, 1987 Edith Stein, a Jewish born Carmelite nun who died in the Nazi concentration camp at Aushwitz, is beautified in the Roman Catholic Church. May 1, 1987