Dame Sarah Mullally, 63, has been appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury Designate. She will become the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.
Mullally began her working life as a nurse and held a number of leadership roles within the profession, being named a Dame for her notable contributions. In 1998, she began training for the Anglican priesthood and was ordained in 2002. In 2004, Mullally left her position as Chief Nursing Officer to pursue full-time ministry.
She held a variety of parish and administrative positions in the Anglican Communion before being made Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Exeter, receiving her consecration from the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
