Dame Sarah Mullally will be the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England’s history.

Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer for England, is now Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, before a legal ceremony in January confirms her as the top bishop.

She’s becomes the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury almost a year after Justin Welby announced he would step down over failures in handling an abuse scandal. The position has since been vacant.

In the interim, Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell took on most of the responsibilities, and was one of the voting members of the body charged with selecting the new archbishop.

The Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), chaired by Lord Evans of Weardale – who is a former director-general of the MI5 security service, had to agree by

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