CANTERBURY, England — In a groundbreaking ceremony, Sarah Mullally has officially assumed her role as Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman in history to hold the Church of England’s most senior position.
Mullally now oversees the worldwide Anglican Communion as its spiritual leader, guiding a vast network of autonomous churches that serves more than 100 million faithful around the globe. The Church of England has progressively expanded women’s roles in recent decades, beginning with the ordination of female clergy in 1994, followed by the consecration of its first woman bishop in 2015.
The historic installation ceremony was documented through photographs compiled by Associated Press editors.
