Sarah Mullally was officially confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England and the 106th person to assume the role.
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The worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the US, has no formal head, but the archbishop has traditionally been seen as its spiritual leader. The C of E ordained its first female priests in 1994 and its first female bishop in 2015
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