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Monday, January 26, 2015

Church of England consecrates first woman bishop Monday Jan 26,2015

 The Reverend Libby Lane reacts during a service where she was consecrated as the first female Bishop in the Church of England at York Minster.
The Church of England consecrates its first woman bishop on Monday Jan 26,2015, the culmination of years of efforts by Church modernisers to overcome resolute opposition from traditionalists.
More than two decades after the Church allowed women to become priests, 48-year-old mother-of-two the Reverend Libby Lane was consecrated as Bishop of Stockport in a ceremony at York Minster, a Gothic cathedral in northern England.

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