https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lxyxqzxkdo.amp

Dame Sarah Mullally has been named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury designate – the first woman to be chosen for the role.

A former NHS chief nurse, the 63-year-old became a priest in 2006 and was appointed as the first female Bishop of London in 2018 – the third most senior member of clergy in the Church of England.

She used her first public statement on Friday to condemn the "horrific violence" of Thursday's deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester, saying "hatred and racism cannot tear us apart".
The Church has been without someone in the top job for almost a year after Justin Welby resigned over a safeguarding scandal.

Posted by ButIDigress79

3 comments

  1. Dame? She must have been given the accolade before being enter the priesthood, eh?

  2. Well this is good news. We need more of that these days.

    I’m glad to see this development in the Church of England. It doesn’t feel like long ago since they first allowed women to become vicars.

  3. This is huge! Are there other Christian denominations headed by women?

Comments are closed.