children consecration nationality article_title term birth_date residence church alma_mater title spouse diocese name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type religion province ordination birth_name
2 26 january 2015 -lrb- bishop -rrb- british libby lane
 26 january 2015 -- present 1966 dunham town , near bowdon , greater manchester church of england st 's college , durham peter 's college , oxford , st john bishop of stockport george lane -lrb- m. 1990 -rrb- chester libby lane john sentamu robert atwell wycombe rural district , buckinghamshire , uk bishop anglican york 1993 -lrb- deacon -rrb- 1994 -lrb- priest -rrb- elizabeth jane holden
libby lane

elizabeth jane holden `` libby '' lane -lrb- born 1966 -rrb- is a church of england bishop .
since 15 january 2015 , she has been the bishop of stockport , a suffragan bishop in the diocese of chester .
she is the first woman to be appointed as a bishop by the church of england , after its general synod voted in july 2014 to allow women to become bishops .
her consecration took place on 26 january 2015 at york minster .
