Rev Dr Florence Li Tim-Oi was ordained in China on January 25, 1944.
A church service will be held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, central London at 11am on Saturday to mark the anniversary.
After the World War II, Li Tim-Oi was put under pressure by church authorities and resigned her licence as a priest, but did not give up her holy orders.
She was put in charge of a parish near the Vietnamese border, where she started a maternity home to ensure baby girls were not smothered at birth.
Li Tim-Oi eventually moved to Toronto, Canada, to be with other members of her family.
She lived there until her death in 1992.
A foundation was set up in her name two years later to enable women to be trained for Christian work in their own countries. It has given more than STG750,000 ($A1.43 million) in grants to more than 350 women in countries including Brazil, Fiji, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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