06 October 2025 - Sarah Mullally is fist woman to be named Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Press release (gov.uk, 03/10/2025)
The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally D.B.E., for election by the College of Canons of Canterbury Cathedral in the place of The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Portal Welby, GCVO, as Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan.
The next archbishop of Canterbury has no time to waste in making change – this is what she will be up against
Martine Oborne (The Guardian, 05/10/2025)
People all over the country will have rejoiced on Friday at the news of the first ever female archbishop of Canterbury. After literally centuries of women seeking to serve as leaders in the church, a woman will now hold the most senior position in the Church of England.
Conservative church group condemns choice of female Archbishop of Canterbury
Lebo Diseko (BBC News, 03/10/2025)
"If you want to go fast, go alone - if you want to go far, go together," Dame Sarah Mullally said in her first public address as the new Archbishop of Canterbury designate.
The first female Archbishop of Canterbury is a lifelong trailblazer
Tim Wyatt (The New Statsman, 03/10/2025)
The next Archbishop of Canterbury is no stranger to firsts. After a rapid rise through the ranks of the NHS, Sarah Mullally became the youngest ever chief nursing officer in 1999 (for which she was later knighted). After a midlife career change into the priesthood, she was just the third woman ever to become a bishop in the Church of England in 2015.