The next Archbishop of Canterbury will be the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally. Bishop Sarah will be the first woman to hold the office and the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury since Saint Augustine arrived in Kent from Rome in 597. She will be installed in a service at Canterbury Cathedral in March 2026.  Bishop Sarah said: “As I respond to the call of Christ to this new ministry, I do so in the same spirit of service to God and to others that has motivated me since I first came to faith as a teenager. 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. I want, very simply, to encourage the Church to continue to grow in confidence in the Gospel, to speak of the love that we find in Jesus Christ and for it to shape our actions. And I look forward to sharing this journey of faith with the millions of people serving God and their communities in parishes all over the country and across the global Anglican Communion. I know this is a huge responsibility but I approach it with a sense of peace and trust in God to carry me as He always has.”

We pray for Bishop Sarah as she prepares to take up this office and responsibility.