Church of England ordains first female bishop protest

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(26 Jan 2015) The Church of England consecrated its first female bishop on Monday. • The Reverend Libby Lane became the eighth Bishop of Stockport in a service at York Minster. • Her consecration comes after the church ended a long and divisive dispute by voting last year to allow women to serve as bishops. • The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, led the service to consecrate Lane, which was briefly interrupted by a man shouting, No, not in the bible. • Sentamu simply moved on. • Dozens of bishops gathered around Lane, laying on hands and offering a sign of solidarity. • Lane was ordained in 1994, one of the first women to become a Church of England priest. Her husband is also an Anglican priest. • The 80 million-strong global Anglican Communion, whose members range from conservative evangelicals to supporters of gay marriage, has long been divided on the role of women in church leadership. • The Church of England's national assembly, the General Synod, voted for the measure in July after a previous attempt two years earlier had failed. • • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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