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First female Archbishop of Canterbury to be enthroned

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Dame Sarah Mullally is to be installed as the first ever female leader of the Church of England at Canterbury Cathedral. On the eve of the religious service, the Archbishop of Canterbury told the BBC that it would have "women's voices right the way through it". The Prince and Princess of Wales will be part of the congregation representing King Charles, and will hear Dame Sarah's first sermon as archbishop. Among the 2,000 guests will be nurses and carers from Canterbury, invited to reflect the new archbishop's long career as a nurse. Although the city has been at the centre of a fatal meningitis outbreak, no changes to planned events were deemed necessary. The installation - historically known as an enthronement - marks the symbolic start of Dame Sarah's public ministry as the Archbishop of Canterbury. The 105 previous Archbishops of Canterbury, from St Augustine in 597 AD, have all been men. Women were only allowed to become priests in the Church of England from 1994.…

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