The Church of England appointed its second woman bishop on Wednesday (March 25), only two months after it consecrated its first.
Alison White, 58, will become the next suffragan bishop of Hull, following closely on the heels of Bishop Libby Lane, who was consecrated in January as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chester. A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan or diocesan bishop.
White is married to the assistant bishop of Newcastle, Frank White.