History made as Dame Sarah Mullally becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

The first female Archbishop of Canterbury said her teenage self “could never have imagined the future that lay ahead”, during her installation as leader of the Church of England.

In her first sermon as archbishop, Dame Sarah Mullally said: “As I look back over my life – at the teenage Sarah, who put her faith in God and made a commitment to follow Jesus, I could never have imagined the future that lay ahead, and certainly not the ministry to which I am now called.”

Addressing some 2,000 guests at Canterbury Cathedral, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, she said she prayed for those affected by war in the Middle East.