The first woman to be Archbishop of Canterbury, the senior bishop of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion, installed on 25 March 2026.
She was a nurse before she was a priest: trained in London, she became Chief Nursing Officer for England in 1999, the youngest ever, and left the health service in 2004. Ordained in 2001-2002, she was Bishop of Crediton and then the first woman Bishop of London (2018-2026).
Six months into the job came her first big controversy: Receives prize about tolerance, respect and peace through his wife in niqab.