Sarah Mullally: podcast appearances and interviews

Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally is the Archbishop of Canterbury, having assumed the role on 28 January 2026. As the 106th archbishop, she is the senior bishop of the Church of England and serves as the ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion. In this capacity, she is also a lord spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords. Born in Woking, Surrey, Mullally trained as a nurse and worked in various clinical and leadership roles within the National Health Service. She became chief nursing officer and director of patient experience for England in 1999, becoming the youngest person to hold these positions. She was recognized for her services to nursing and midwifery with the appointment of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005. Mullally left the NHS in 2004 to pursue full‑time ordained ministry. She was ordained as a priest in 2002 and initially served in the Diocese of Southwark. Her ecclesiastical career includes being canon treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral in 2012, consecration as Bishop of Crediton in 2015, and her appointment as Bishop of London in 2018, making history as the first woman to hold that position. In 2026, she succeeded Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury, marking her as the first woman to lead the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.