Libby Lane


Libby Lane
Bishop of Derby
Lane in 2019
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDerby
In office11 February 2019 – present
PredecessorAlastair Redfern
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination
Consecration26 January 2015
by John Sentamu
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Jane Holden

(1966-12-08) 8 December 1966 (age 57)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Spouse
George Lane
(m. 1990)
Children2
Alma mater
Member of the House of Lords
(Lord Spiritual)
Assumed office
2 July 2019

Elizabeth Jane Holden Lane (born 8 December 1966) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual. Since February 2019, she has served as Bishop of Derby in the Church of England, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Derby. From January 2015 to 2019, she was the Bishop of Stockport, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chester. She was 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.