Dame Sarah Mullally | |
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Bishop of London | |
Church | Church of England |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | London |
Elected | 25 January 2018 |
Installed | 12 May 2018 |
Predecessor | Richard Chartres |
Other post(s) |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 2001 (deacon) 2002 (priest) |
Consecration | 22 July 2015 by Justin Welby |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarah Elisabeth Bowser 26 March 1962 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | City of London |
Spouse |
Eamonn Mullally (m. 1987) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Spiritual | |
Assumed office 24 May 2018 | |
Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally DBE (née Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is a British Anglican prelate and former nurse. Bishop of London since 2018,[1][2][3] she is the first woman to hold this office and sits on the Lord Spiritual benches in the House of Lords.
From 1999 to 2004, she was Chief Nursing Officer for England and the National Health Service's director of patient experience for England; from 2015 to 2018, she served as Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the diocese of Exeter.