Elizabeth Jane Holden Lane (born 8 December 1966) is a British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual.

Lane was born Elizabeth Jane Holden on 8 December 1966 in Wycombe Rural District, Buckinghamshire, England.

[17][18][19] The British prime minister, David Cameron, called her appointment "historic" and "an important step forward for the Church towards greater equality in its senior positions".

[21]) Instead, they gathered in prayer around North, with only the three bishops "who share his theological conviction regarding the ordination of women" laying their hands on him.

[22] She was installed at Chester Cathedral on 8 March 2015, International Women's Day, signalling the official start of her ministry as Bishop of Stockport.

[23] On 18 December 2018, it was announced that Lane was to become the eighth Bishop of Derby, succeeding Alastair Redfern;[24] she grew up in the diocese, in Glossop.

[28] In November 2023, she was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy".

[3] Lane was made an honorary fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford (her alma mater) in June 2015.

[31] In July 2015, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.