Yesterday Bishop Sarah Mullally became the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury in a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral.
The Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of Reading were both in attendance, while Revd Mark Nam, vicar of St John the Evangelist in Woodley, was one of the people tasked with delivering the charge.
Speaking to BBC Radio Berkshire ahead of the event, Bishop Mary said: “As a female bishop, it’s so important for me that the new Archbishop is also female – especially for younger women to see that these roles are opening up to women.
“It will continue to be a matter of conversation across the Church and in the Anglican communion. But she’s already leading brilliantly. She leads out of her humanity, shows vulnerability and shows a different face of the Church of England.”