By Reuters
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Mullally, 63, is a former nurse who worked as England’s Chief Nursing Officer in the early 2000s. She has advocated for creating an open and transparent culture in churches which allows for difference and disagreement.
“There are great commonalities between nursing and being a priest. It’s all about people, and sitting with people during the most difficult times in their lives,” she once told a magazine.
Reflecting the Church of England’s status as England’s established church, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office announced the decision with the formal consent of King Charles.
As monarch, Charles is the supreme governor of the Church of England, a role established in the 16th century when King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church.
The Church of England has been without a leader since last November, when Justin Welby resigned over a child abuse cover-up scandal.
