Libby Lane, a suffragan (Assistant) bishop in the Diocese of Chester, speaks after her forthcoming appointment as the new Bishop of Stockport was announced in the Town Hall in Stockport

Libby Lane, a suffragan (Assistant) bishop in the Diocese of Chester, speaks after her forthcoming appointment as the new Bishop of Stockport was announced in the Town Hall in Stockport

Libby Lane, a suffragan (Assistant) bishop in the Diocese of Chester, speaks after her forthcoming appointment as the new Bishop of Stockport was announced in the Town Hall in Stockport, northern England December 17, 2014. On her appointment, Lane will become the Church of England’s first female bishop. REUTERS/Phil Noble (BRITAIN – Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)