Origin from 2026
On 28 January 2026, Sarah Mullally's election as Archbishop of Canterbury was legally confirmed, making her the first woman to hold the office in its history, following Justin Welby's 2024 resignation. Announced as the next archbishop on 3 October 2025 and elected by the college of canons that December, she was formally installed at Canterbury Cathedral on 25 March 2026, beginning her public ministry in a role widely regarded as a symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Start YearSourced to the subject's own account StatusSourced to the subject's own accountEstablished marks the office's own succession and its first woman holder, not a claim about the Anglican Communion's wider membership or about the provinces that have distanced themselves from Canterbury's authority. In Other Languages (19 names)
- سارة مولالي
- سارة مولالى
- Sarah Mullally
- Sarah Mullallyová
- Σάρα Μάλαλι
- سارا مولالی
- שרה מלאלי
- サラ・マラリー
- სარა მალალი
- 사라 멀랠리
- سارہ مللی
- Sarah Mullally, omuwandiisi w’ebitabo
- Sāra Malalija
- सारा मुल्लाली
- Маллали, Сара
- ซาราห์ มัลลัลลี
- Сара Муллаллі
- سارہ مولالی
- 莎拉·穆拉莉
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This source names Anglican Communion directly: "as a symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion."
This source names Canterbury Cathedral directly: "she was formally installed at Canterbury Cathedral on 25 March 2026, beginning her public ministry in a role widely regarded as a symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion."
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Closes a three year gap since 2023's citation, moving the map from an earlier moment in the communion's life to the historic succession at Canterbury itself.
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