 When the archbishop asked the congregation if Lane should be consecrated as a bishop the service was briefly interrupted by a vexatious litigant and Anglo-Catholic priest, Paul Williamson, who exclaimed "It's not in the Bible" and called Lane's being a woman an "absolute impediment".There was no opposition when Sentamu, having carefully explained the legality of the act, asked a second time.One of the first duties that Lane undertook as a bishop was her involvement in the consecration service for Philip North as the Bishop of Burnley on 2 February 2015.