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Mullally to be installed as first female Archbishop of Canterbury
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (510+ words) Canterbury, England ― Sarah Mullally will be enthroned on Wednesday as the Church of England's first female Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide in a ceremony mixing tradition with global symbolism at Canterbury Cathedral. "I recognise the…...
Conservative Anglicans to pick rival leader, widening Church rifts
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) Lagos ― A grouping of conservative Anglican churches will meet in Nigeria this week to elect a leader to rival the Archbishop of Canterbury, an unprecedented step that is likely to deepen a widening theological split within the Anglican Communion. The…...
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to lead the Church of England
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (499+ words) London — Sarah Mullally was confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England. The worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the U.S., has no formal head, but the archbishop…...
Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (720+ words) London — Bishop of London Sarah Mullally was announced Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time in 1,400 years that a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. Mullally, 63, a former chief nursing…...