First Female Bishop In the UK To Be Consecrated Today
The Church of England will consecrate its first female
bishop during a ceremony at York Minster later today. The Reverend Libby Lane,
48, will be ordained as the new Bishop of Stockport, in what she says will be a
"profound and remarkable moment".
The Church formally adopted legislation last November to
allow women bishops. The move, which ends a centuries-old tradition of
exclusively male bishops, has however continued to prompt divisions between
some Anglicans.