The Rt. Rev. Libby Lane was consecrated as bishop of Stockport, a suffragan of the Diocese of Chester. She is the first woman consecrated bishop in the Church of England following the July 2014 decision of General Synod to allow the ordination of women to the episcopate. (26 Jan. 2015)
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