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47of74

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Wed Dec 17, 2014, 02:45 PM Dec 2014

First Woman Bishop appointed in Church of England

Some good news out of the United Kingdom today;

Downing Street have today announced that the new Bishop of Stockport - and the first woman bishop in the Church of England - will be the Revd Libby Lane, currently Vicar of St Peter's, Hale, and St Elizabeth's, Ashley.

As Bishop of Stockport she will serve as a suffragan (assistant) bishop in the Diocese of Chester. She will be consecrated as the 8th Bishop of Stockport at a ceremony at York Minster on Monday 26 January 2015.

Libby Lane was ordained as a priest in 1994 and has served a number of parish and chaplaincy roles in the North of England in the Dioceses of Blackburn, York and Chester. For the past 8 years she has served as Vicar of St. Peter's Hale and St. Elizabeth's Ashley.

She is one of eight clergy women from the Church of England elected as Participant Observers in the House of Bishops, as the representative from the dioceses of the North West.




Is it wrong of me to look forward with anticipation to the right wing Episcopalian/Anglican & right wing Catholic freak out?

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Let 'em freak out wryter2000 Dec 2014 #1
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