First female bishop named as
the
Reverend Libby Lane
ബ്രിട്ടനില് വനിതാ ബിഷപ്പിനെ വാഴിയ്ക്കുന്നു
Reverend
Libby Lane has been announced as the first female bishop for the Church of
England, just a month after a historic change to canon law.She will become the
new Bishop of Stockport, a post that has been vacant since May.Mrs Lane has
been the vicar at St Peter's Hale and St Elizabeth's Ashley, in the diocese of
Chester, since 2007.The general synod voted to back plans for female bishops in
July and formally adopted legislation on 17 November.The appointment will end
centuries of male leadership of the Church and comes 20 years after women
became priests.Mrs Lane was ordained a deacon in 1993 and a priest in 1994,
serving her curacy in Blackburn, Lancashire. Since 2010 she has also held the
role of Dean of Women in Ministry for the diocese of Chester.Speaking at
Stockport town hall the new bishop, whose role was approved by the Queen, said
it was a "remarkable day for me and an historic day for the
Church"."This is unexpected and very exciting," she
said."I'm honoured and thankful to be called to serve as the next Bishop
of Stockport and not a little daunted to be entrusted with such a
ministry."
Prime
Minister David Cameron congratulated Mrs Lane and said: "This is an
historic appointment and an important step forward for the Church towards
greater equality in its senior positions".Mrs Lane will be consecrated as
the eighth bishop of the town at a ceremony at York Minster on 26 January.The
first women priests were ordained in 1994, but to date women have not been able
to take on the Church's most senior roles.
ബ്രിട്ടനില് ഇനി സ്ത്രീകള്ക്കും ബിഷപ്പ് പദവി നല്കാനുള്ള ചര്ച്ച് ഓഫ് ഇംഗ്ലണ്ടിന്റെ തീരുമാനത്തെ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി കാമറോണ് ചരിത്രപരം എന്ന് പ്രകീര്ത്തിച്ചു. ഇംഗ്ളണ്ടിനെ കൂടാതെ അമേരിക്ക, ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ, ഇന്ഡ്യ എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലാണ് ആംഗ്ളിക്കന് സഭ നിലവിലുള്ളത്.
Prof. John Kurakar
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