The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend and
Right Honourable Dame D.B.E., for election by the
College of Canons of Canterbury Cathedral in the place of The
Right Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Portal Welby, GCVO, as
Lord , Primate of All
England and Metropolitan.
, KCB, DL, Chair of
the Crown Nominations Commission for Canterbury welcomed the
news:
It has been a great privilege to have chaired the Crown
Nominations Commission as it sought to discern who God is calling
to lead the Church of England and Anglican Communion as . That discernment
began with the public consultation, which heard the voices of
thousands of people as they expressed their hopes for this
nomination, and continued all the way through to the Commission's
final meeting. I would like to thank all those who took part in
this process, particularly those who took time to share their
views in the consultation and the members of the Commission who
worked so diligently over several months, ably assisted by the
Appointments Secretaries and by the Appointments and Vocations
team at Lambeth Palace. I shall be praying for Bishop Sarah as
she prepares to take up this new ministry in the coming months.
Background
was, prior to ordination,
the Government's Chief Nursing Officer for England having
specialised as a cancer nurse. She was educated at South
Bank University, London, and Heythrop College, University of
London, and trained for ministry at the South East Institute of
Theological Education. She completed her title at St.
Saviour Battersea Fields, in the Diocese of Southwark, and was
ordained as a priest in 2002.
In 2006, Sarah was appointed Team Rector, Christ Church, Sutton,
Southwark and then became Canon Residentiary and Treasurer at
Salisbury Cathedral in 2012. In 2015, Sarah was consecrated
as Suffragan Bishop of Crediton, in the Diocese of Exeter, and in
2018 took up her current role as as well as Dean of the
Chapels Royal from 2019.
