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Where can I watch Sarah Mullally’s installation as Archbishop of Canterbury?

Where can I watch Sarah Mullally’s installation as Archbishop of Canterbury?

LONDON (RNS) — When The Rt. Rev. Dame Sarah Mullally is installed as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday (March 25), she will become the first woman ever to lead the Church of England and serve as convener of the Anglican Communion. She is a former chief nurse of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, making Mullally also the first archbishop of Canterbury to have led a major public agency in the country. In the congregation at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent on Wednesday, along with royals, politicians, clergy from around the world and schoolchildren, will be representatives from the NHS, testifying to Mullally’s accomplishments before she was ordained in 2002. RELATED: Watch the Installation of the Archbishop Canterbury live In another first, at least in recent memory, she took part in a pilgrimage, walking the 87 miles from St. Paul’s Cathedral in her London diocese, where she has been bishop since 2018, to Canterbury. You can watch her installation at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, in southwest England, on the website of the Archbishop of …

Sarah Mullally’s confirmation is immense step for Church of England – but could be just what it needs | UK News

Sarah Mullally’s confirmation is immense step for Church of England – but could be just what it needs | UK News

The official confirmation of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury is an immense step for the Church of England (CoE). Unless you believe in Pope Joan, the legendary female pontiff who supposedly reigned under the title of John VIII, the 63-year-old will become the first female leader in the church in England’s history. It’s a big deal. The confirmation of election service, which will take place in St Paul’s Cathedral today, has been part of the church’s history since St Augustine was chosen to be the very first Archbishop of Canterbury in 595 AD. Part Christian liturgy and part legal process, the ceremony serves as a way for the ecclesiastical court (the church’s court) to confirm that last year’s election, which chose her to replace Justin Welby, was legal. Ahead of Wednesday’s confirmation, documents similar to bands of marriage have been posted on the doors of St Paul’s and Lambeth Palace, visibly telling the congregation to declare if they have any reason to doubt the legality of Dame Sarah’s election. Also, much …