Former nurse Sarah Mullally was officially confirmed Wednesday as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to head the Church of England, the mother church of the 85-million-strong global Anglican communion.

Dame Sarah Mullally – the first female Archbishop of Canterbury – is a "caring person" who "just wants to make things work better", her colleagues have said.

Dame Sarah, 63, has become the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the 500-year history of the Church of England, following Justin Welby’s resignation more than a year ago over safeguarding failu...