# Dame Sarah Mullally has been named as the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England’s almost 500-year history. In her first address she pledged that in her new role she will listen to survivors and the vulnerable. She said hatred and racism of any kind cannot be allowed to tear people apart. The 63-year old Mullally has been Bishop of London for seven years. The Church had been without someone in the top job for almost a year, after Justin Welby resigned over his failure to report a prolific child abuser.
Church of England appoints first woman Archbishop of Canterbury