Rt Revd and Rt Hon Sarah Mullally DBE, the Bishop of London, was announced as the first woman Archbishop of Catherbury this morning. On hearing the announcement the Bishop of Guildford, Rt Revd Andrew Watson, said:
I am delighted that the next Archbishop of Canterbury has just been announced and pray for God’s richest blessing on Sarah as she prepares to take on this exciting new role. Sarah was born and brought up in Woking, and St John’s was her childhood church.
The Church of England has been through some turbulent times in recent years, but alongside that there have been many signs of God at work - not least in the substantial growth in church attendance among our young people in what has been dubbed the ‘Quiet Revival’. I pray for Sarah in this awesome moment, that she would know above everything that she is a beloved child of God, and be strengthened by God’s Spirit for all the joys and challenges that lie ahead.