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Church of England to ordain first female bishop

Libby Lane pauses as she delivers a speech in the Stockport Town Hall, after the announcement by the Church of England that she will be appointed as the first female bishop, in Stockport, England, Wednesday Dec. 17, 2014. AP Photo/PA/Lynne Cameron

LONDON – Male domination in the leadership of the Church of England is coming to an end, as the 500-year-old institution consecrates its first female bishop.

The Rev. Libby Lane becomes the eighth Bishop of Stockport in a service Monday 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.

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Lane has dismissed criticism that her appointment is merely a symbolic gesture, saying that she may be “the first, but I won’t be the only.”

A saxophone player and soccer fan, Lane was one of the first women to become a Church of England priest. She was ordained in 1994. Her husband is also a priest.

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