Archbishop Sarah is the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Woking in 1962, she became a Christian at the age of 16. Before being ordained, she worked as a nurse in the National Health Service, specialising in cancer treatment.

At the age of 37, she became Chief Nursing Officer for England, the youngest person ever to be appointed to the post. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her outstanding contribution to nursing. In 2001, she was ordained and served her curacy in the Diocese of Southwark, initially as a self-supporting minister, before leaving her government post in 2004. 

She was installed as Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral in 2012 and three years later became Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter. In 2018, she was installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral, an office she held until being confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury in January 2026.

Archbishop Sarah supports the work of Youthscape in a variety of ways, having become our Patron in June 2026.