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Church of England names first female bishop – as government unveils plans to fast-track them into
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 17, 2014 | Claire Carter

Posted on 12/17/2014 8:44:54 AM PST by C19fan

The Church of England has named its first female bishop, just four weeks after elevating women to the role was approved. Rev Libby Lane, who has spent much of her career working in the North East has been announced the new Bishop of Stockport, an assistant in the Chester Diocese. The historic move comes a month after the General Synod in York approved legislation to elevate women to the position and 20 years after the first women were ordained as priests.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: anglican; bishop; women
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To: T-Bird45

That’s why the progressive liberals here have their secular dogma.


21 posted on 12/17/2014 12:13:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Good point and they’re still as wrong as a soup sandwich.


22 posted on 12/17/2014 12:33:18 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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