“At every stage of that journey, through my nursing career and Christian ministry, I have learned to listen deeply – to people and to God’s gentle prompting – to seek to bring people together to find hope and healing." - The Rt Read and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally

The Rt Read and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally was born 26 March 1962. She is an English Anglican prelate and former nurse. In 2018 she began serving as the bishop of London. She is the first woman to hold this office. By virtue of her office she was also a Lord Spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sat in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. On 3 October 2025, it was announced that Mullally would become the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. She was installed to that position on March 25, 2026, and is now the Head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. 

Born in Woking, Surrey, Mullally received clinical training in nursing from St Thomas' Hospital. She practised nursing primarily in South London, where she also began her study for ministry in the Church of England. In 1999 she became Chief Nursing Officer and director of patient experience for the English National Health Service. She left these roles in 2004 to pursue full-time ministry. For her service in nursing, Mullally was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005. 

Mullally was ordained a priest in 2002 and began her ministry in the diocese of Southwark. She served in various London churches, and in 2012 became a canon of Salisbury Cathedral. In 2015 she was consecrated as bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the diocese of Exeter.

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