Church of England History

Archbishop becomes 1st woman to lead Church of England

Random musing: A brief history of the Church of England (as it gets its first woman Archbishop of Canterbury)

It begins, inevitably, with Henry VIII, who married Catherine but couldn’t produce a male heir. The Pope refused to annul the marriage because Catherine was the aunt of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor whose armies effectively controlled Rome — a man at whose snook the Pope could ill afford to cock.

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First woman to lead Church of England in its 1,400-year history confirmed in ceremony

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History made as Dame Sarah Mullally becomes first female Archbishop of Canterbury

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First woman leader of Church of England confirmed in ceremony

Sarah Mullally was officially confirmed on Wednesday (January 28) as the first woman to lead the Church of England as Archbishop of Canterbury at a traditional ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in Londo...

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First woman leader of the Church of England confirmed in ancient ceremony

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Archbishop of Canterbury latest: Dame Sarah Mullally becomes first woman to ever lead church - as heckler interrupts ceremony

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First female Archbishop of Canterbury signals change

She is the first woman to take on the role in the Church of England's near 500-year history.

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First woman Archbishop of Canterbury pledges to speak out on misogyny

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Dame Sarah Mullally becomes first female Archbishop of Canterbury

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Woman is named Archbishop of Canterbury for first time in Church of England history

A woman has been named to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury for the first time in the history of the Church of England. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Friday that King Charles had approved the nomination of Bishop of London, Sarah ...

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To save the Church of England, we must disestablish it

I consider myself a “cultural Anglican”. I rejoice that my college’s chapel choir is one of the finest in the world. The sound of bells makes me catch my breath. The King James Bible (mostly the work of William Tyndale,