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Church of England consecrates first female bishop
London, Jan 26
The Church of England
Monday consecrated its first female bishop, the Reverend Libby Lane, at a
historic ceremony in the Cathedral of York, in northern England.
Lane,
who was appointed to the post December 17, 2014, will become the eighth
bishop of Stockport, a city in northern England, in an event witnessed
by a thousand guests.
In an interview with Radio Manchester,
Lane, 48, said, "It is a remarkable thing that this happens to me, and
people have been very supportive of me personally, but actually this is
about a moment in the Church's history."
On December 17, the
Anglican Synod appointed Libby Lane as its first woman bishop after
having voted last July in favour of the consecration of women, a measure
which was then approved in November by the relevant legislation in
parliament.
Lane has been a priest since 1994.
Besides England, there are 165 countries with the presence of the Anglican Church, representing some 85 million faithful.
Some of these countries accept women bishops, including Ireland, Australia, Ne