A history-making moment for the Church of England has sparked outrage over the “death knell” for tradition as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury was installed.

Dame Sarah Mullally addressed the Prince and Princess of Wales, along with about 2,000 guests, at Canterbury Cathedral as she stepped into her role in a service known as an enthronement, the BBC reported, noting that the ceremony inlcuded “nods to the diversity of the global Anglican Communion – with singing in Urdu, a Gospel reading in Spanish and a prayer in the Bemba language of Zambia.”

Meanwhile today in the UK

African Choir perform at the famous Canterbury Cathedral to celebrate the enthronement of Dame Mullally as the new Archbishop pic.twitter.com/dN34ll9kuP

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) March 25, 2026

“As I look back over my life – at the teenage Sarah, who put her faith in God and made a commitment to follow Jesus, I could never have imagined the future that lay ahead, and certainly not the ministry to which I am now called,” the 63-year-old former nurse said in her first sermon.

The downgrade of the Church of England. Feminism brings ruin upon everything it gets its hands on.

Dame Sarah Mullally is officially “enthroned” as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years. pic.twitter.com/ub2wN4HaM8

— Terri Green (@TerriGreenUSA) March 25, 2026

“All 105 previous Archbishops of Canterbury have been men, starting with St Augustine in 597 AD. Women were only allowed to become priests in the Church of England 32 years ago, in 1994,” according to the BBC.

The New York Times reported:

Despite the celebratory nature of the day’s events, the new archbishop inherits a church in a moment of transition and unease, both in Britain and the world. For more than two decades, the global Anglican Communion — which includes the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Church of Nigeria, among others — has been divided over issues including same-sex marriage and the ordination of women and L.G.B.T.Q. people. After Archbishop Mullally’s appointment was announced, a conservative alliance of Anglicans abroad denounced the news, expressing “sorrow” and stating that “the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy.”

“The office of Archbishop of Canterbury is older than the Crown of England,” the bishop of Winchester, Philip Mounstephen, told NPR. “This is not only a centuries-old office, it’s a millennia-old office.”

Before the service, the new archbishop had told the BBC that she recognized “the significance of being the first female archbishop, but I am also aware of the women that have supported me in my ministry.”

Reactions were heated on social media, where some expressed the “non-negotiable” traditions being erased.

This is openly heretical and proof that Progressivism is steadily hollowing out Christianity and repurposing the faith to suit its own ideological agenda.

Women cannot be priests. They were not created for this role. This is non-negotiable. Any church which promotes female… https://t.co/rnoY6V1ruW

— Christian Heiens (@ChristianHeiens) March 25, 2026

This right here is a prime example of why people are flocking to Catholicism in DROVES.

Young people are fed up with this cultural vandalism.

— Edmund BurKe (@WorldVideo49043) March 25, 2026

Henry VIII is rolling over in his grave

— Brittany Rae (@legitbrittFLA) March 25, 2026

I left the church because of woke BS like this.

— SMH (@SMH3770) March 26, 2026

Lucky woman will get to be the head of the church whilst Britain collapses in on itself. I think it’s a rather appropriate selection as it fits the time.

— cakeyboy (@helpisntcoming_) March 25, 2026

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