Sixty-three-year-old former Nurse, Sarah Mullally, has been named the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.

England. Recently, she was appointed as the global leader of the Anglican community. The Church of England is considered the main church for Anglicans around the world.

Her nomination by a committee tasked with finding a successor to Justin Welby, who stepped down earlier this year over an abuse scandal, has been approved by King Charles III, the UK government said.

Mullally became a priest in 2002 and made history by being the first woman Bishop of London in 2018.

The church only began allowing women to be bishops in 2014 after many years of serious disagreements.

Mullally acknowledged the “huge responsibility” that comes with her new role, but she also shared a sense of “calm and faith in God to lead me.”

Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised the appointment of the first woman to hold this position.
“The Church of England is very important in this country. Its churches, cathedrals, schools, and charities are essential to our communities,” he said, adding that the new archbishop would “play a crucial role in our national life.”

Welby resigned after a report found the Church of England had covered up a 1970 serial abuse case and that he failed to report the abuses to authorities when they came to his attention in 2013.
The Anglican Church became the established state church following King Henry VIII’s split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s.

Sarah Mullally, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury