Overview
- Mullally, enthroned Wednesday at Canterbury Cathedral, delivered her first sermon and pledged action on past abuse failures as she prayed for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar.
- The Prince and Princess of Wales attended on behalf of the King, and Principal Registrar Darren Oliver read a royal mandate instructing her installation.
- About 2,000 people attended, including the prime minister and international Anglican leaders, with readings and music in Spanish, Urdu and Bemba and several pioneering female bishops from Africa processing.
- The service proceeded as a local meningitis outbreak was assessed as low risk, and organizers kept the liturgy simple with no Holy Communion and a traditional exchange of the sign of peace.
- Conservative leaders in Nigeria and GAFCON oppose female episcopal leadership, while her path to office included January’s legal confirmation, a six-day walk from St Paul’s to Canterbury, and invitations to local NHS nurses and carers.