Sarah Mullally enthroned as first female archbishop of Canterbury
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Sarah Mullally becomes first female Archbishop of Canterbury, ending 900 years of male-only leadership in Church of England's highest post.
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Sarah Mullally has been formally enthroned as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, the highest position in the Church of England, at an installation ceremony attended by approximately 2,000 guests. The role carries extraordinary symbolic weight, as the Archbishop serves as the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, which encompasses some 85 million members across the world. Mullally's appointment breaks a 900-year tradition of male leadership in the position and comes after decades of debate within the Church of England over women in senior clergy roles. The Church of England approved female bishops in 2014, and this elevation to the archbishopric represents a watershed moment in the institution's evolution on gender. Her enthronement caps a historic shift in one of the world's most influential religious institutions.
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