Lords Spiritual

Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013 to 2025

Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally is an Anglican bishop and England's former chief nursing officer who has served as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury since 28 January 2026, the first woman to hold the office. As archbishop, she is the senior bishop of the Church of England and the ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion. By virtue of her position, she is also a lord spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords.

Anglican bishop

Archbishop of York; Bishop of Birmingham; Bishop of Stepney; Ugandan-born British Anglican bishop (born 1949)

bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords

British Anglican bishop (born 1966)

Anglican bishop in England

Bishop of Leeds; Bishop of Bradford; Bishop of Croydon; British Anglican bishop

Archbishop of York since 2020

British Anglican bishop (born 1951)

Bishop of Worcester; Bishop of Huntingdon (born 1955)

Bishop of Manchester; Bishop of Dudley

British Anglican bishop (1961–2026)

British Anglican bishop and academic (born 1973)

Church of England bishop; Bishop of Chelmsford

Bishop of Exeter; Bishop of Stockport

British Anglican bishop (born 1954)

British Anglican bishop

Bishop of Chichester; Bishop of Whitby; Canon at St Paul's

British Anglican bishop (born 1957)

Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Lynn

Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of Sheffield; British Anglican bishop and mission theologian

Bishop of Peterborough; Archdeacon of Chester

Bishop of Leicester; Bishop of Tewkesbury

Bishop of Birmingham; Bishop of Birkenhead

British Anglican bishop (born 1959)

Bishop of St Albans; Bishop of Shrewsbury

Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham; Bishop of Southampton (born 1955)