The Right Revd and Right Hon Dame Sarah Mullally will be the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury

The Central Committee was delighted to learn on 3 October that the Bishop of London, whom we know well as the historic patron of Holy Trinity Brussels who nominated Arani Sen as Canon Chancellor last year, has been nominated by King Charles of England as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the successor of Augustine of Canterbury, who established the Diocese of Canterbury in 597, and the first woman to become Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop Sarah was previously Chief Nursing Officer of England (for which she received her damehood from Queen Elizabeth), before following a call to ordination. She was ordained deacon in Southwark Cathedral, where the Chaplain-President was ordained deacon and priest. She became Bishop of Crediton in 2015 and was the first female Church of England bishop to lead an ordination service later that year. She has been Bishop of London since 2018. As a Lord Spiritual, she regularly speaks in debates in the House of Lords and she has a particular interest and expertise in medical care and medical ethics. We wish her all our support and we offer her our sincere prayers as she begins this new ministry of leadership and guidance of the Anglican Communion.