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Archbishop of Canterbury

The Confirmation of Election ceremony legally confirming Dame Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, central London, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026. (Jeff Moore/Pool via AP)
January 28, 2026, 7:39 pm
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead Church of England
Mullally’s selection highlights church’s continuing divergence from Catholic Church, where women cannot serve as priests at all
By DANICA KIRKA
Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, October 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
October 3, 2025, 5:33 pm
Church of England must oppose antisemitism, says 1st female head after synagogue attack
Following deadly Manchester terror attack, Sarah Mullally says ‘hatred cannot be allowed to tear us apart,’ pledges to make Anglican Church safer in wake of child abuse cover-up scandal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during a visit to the tomb of Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 4, 2024. (Marvin RECINOS / AFP)
November 12, 2024, 6:13 pm
Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Welby had been under pressure after probe revealed he failed to tell authorities of prominent lawyer’s serial sexual and physical assaults on minors at summer camps over 50 years
By DANICA KIRKA
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby makes an address at Westminster Abbey, London, November 11, 2018. (Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP)
From the WebSeptember 8, 2023, 7:32 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury: Israel not apartheid state, but is at risk amid ‘turmoil’
Unless there is an ‘apartheid constitution,’ Church of England leader says he ‘won’t use that word about Israel,’ the UK Jewish News reports
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby makes an address at Westminster Abbey, London, November 11, 2018. (Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP)
From the WebOctober 8, 2022, 11:12 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘concerned’ by potential UK embassy move to Jerusalem
Spokesperson for Justin Welby says he’s worried about impact of moving diplomatic mission from Tel Aviv without a peace deal, Jewish News reports
Jesus Christ supporting an English flag and staff in the crook of his right arm depicted in a stained glass window in Rochester Cathedral, Kent. (Wikimedia commons/CC BY-SA 3.0/Dlloyd)
June 26, 2020, 7:00 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury calls to reassess depictions of Jesus as white
‘You see Jesus portrayed in as many ways as there are languages, cultures and understandings,’ says Justin Welby amid criticism of portrayals of Levantine Jesus as European
By ToI Staff
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (CR) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (CL) view a collection of early religious texts in the library during a private meeting at Lambeth Palace in London on March 8, 2018. (AFP/ Yui Mok)
March 8, 2018, 8:05 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Saudi crown prince to treat Christians better
Pair discuss crown prince’s reform plans and view a selection of early texts from the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faiths
By AFP
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby holds a press conference at the Saint John Eye Hospital compound in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on May 10, 2017. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
May 10, 2017, 7:50 pm
Anglican head backs Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace effort
Justin Welby says he will pray for US president’s success, hopes dialogue with Hamas will be possible in the future
By AFP
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, center left, visits the archaeological site al-Maghtas in Jordan Wednesday believed to be the place where John the Baptist baptized Jesus of Nazareth on May, 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
May 5, 2017, 10:09 am
Archbishop of Canterbury makes surprise Gaza visit
Head of Church of England tours two hospitals and a World War I British cemetery as part of his 10-day Holy Land trip
By ToI Staff
The Archbishop of Cantebury Justin Welby (l) and the British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, visit the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2017, 11:05 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury prays at Western Wall with UK chief rabbi
At Yad Vashem visit, head of Church of England stresses imperative to fight anti-Semitism, calls it ‘the root of all racism’ within European culture
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on May 3, 2017 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 3, 2017, 2:12 pm
Abbas to Trump: ‘It’s about time for Israel to end its occupation’
Palestinian leader says US president brings ‘hope’ for peace as Trump commits to do ‘whatever necessary’; Trump urges end to incitement, says he wants Abbas to sign final agreement with Israel
By Tamar Pileggi
The Garden Museum in London (YouTube)
April 17, 2017, 3:52 am
Builders find remains of ‘lost’ Archbishops of Canterbury in London crypt
Some 20 coffins discovered by chance underneath St. Mary’s-at-Lambeth, near the central residence of England’s highest cleric
By AFP
Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby, center, visits the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem's Old City, on June 27, 2013 (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
March 25, 2017, 9:41 am
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Israel in May
Justin Welby plans to hold interfaith events, visit holy sites in his first tour of region in four years
By ToI Staff
South London Liberal Synagogue (Screen capture: Google maps)
January 22, 2017, 9:36 pm
London Jewish community to take in Syrian refugee family
South London Liberal Synagogue raising £50,000 to refurbish disused caretaker’s apartment for nationals of war-torn country
By ToI Staff
The Prince of Wales speaks with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Reverend Justin Welby following his Enthronement at Canterbury Cathedral. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, Pool)
April 9, 2016, 6:44 am
Archbishop of Canterbury finds his dad was Churchill’s secretary, not a Jewish alcoholic
Justin Welby, leader of world’s 85 million Anglicans, discovers his biological father was Sir Anthony Montague Browne, not the whisky salesman Gavin Welby who raised him
By AFP and ToI Staff
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