Sarah Mullally

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable

Dame Sarah Mullally

DBE
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable; Dame Sarah Mullally; DBE
Bishop of London
	Official portrait, 2019
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	London
Elected	25 January 2018
Installed	12 May 2018
Predecessor	Richard Chartres
Other post(s)	Chief Nursing Officer for England (1999–2004); Bishop of Crediton (2015–2018);
Orders
Ordination	2001 (deacon); 2002 (priest)
Consecration	22 July 2015; by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	Sarah Elisabeth Bowser; 26 March 1962 (age 62); Woking, Surrey, UK
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	City of London
Spouse	Eamonn Mullally (m. 1987)
Children	2
Alma mater	London South Bank University; South East Institute for Theological Education; Heythrop College, London;
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Spiritual
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 May 2018

Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally DBE (née Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is a British Anglican prelate and former nurse. Bishop of London since 2018,^[1]^[2]^[3] she is the first woman to hold this office and sits on the Lord Spiritual benches in the House of Lords. From 1999 to 2004, she was Chief Nursing Officer for England and the National Health Service's director of patient experience for England; from 2015 to 2018, she served as Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the diocese of Exeter.