First woman archbishop appointed

SARAH Mullally was yesterday named the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England and the global Anglican community.

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Her nomination by a committee tasked with finding a successor to Justin Welby, who stepped down earlier this year over an abuse scandal, has been approved by King Charles III, the UK government said.

The Church of England is the mother church of global Anglicanism. Mullally, 63, becomes the church's 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first having been appointed in the late sixth century.

The former nurse acknowledged the "huge responsibility" of her new role, but said she felt a sense of "peace and trust in God to carry me".