What is Libby Lane?
[[File:Official portrait of The Lord Bishop of Derby, 2019 (cropped).jpg|frameless|right]] '''Elizabeth Jane Holden Lane''' (born 8 December 1966), known as '''Libby Lane''', is an English [[priest]] and [[bishop]] in the [[Church of England]]. She was born in [[Buckinghamshire]]. She studied at the [[University of Oxford]], graduating in 1989. She was ordained as a [[deacon]] in 1993, and became a priest the following year. She was one of the first women to be made a priest in the Church of England. When the Church of England voted to allow women bishops, she became the first woman to be [[Consecration|consecrated]] as a bishop in January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-30974547|title=First female bishop consecrated|date=2015-01-26|access-date=2019-08-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> She became the [[Bishop of Stockport]] in the [[Diocese of Chester]]. In February 2019, she became the [[Bishop of Derby]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-46603995|title=First female bishop takes new role|date=2018-12-18|access-date=2019-08-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Libby}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:Church of England bishops]] [[Category:People from Buckinghamshire]]