The new Bishop of London, who is a trained nurse, senior civil servant and priest, said she has “one vocation, to follow Christ and make him known”, a belief she has held since the age of 16.
The Bishop of Crediton was born Sarah Elizabeth Bowser to father Michael and hairdresser mother Ann, who almost influenced a teenage Mullally to follow in her footsteps, until the prospect of becoming a nurse enticed her.
Raised and educated in Surrey and London, she is no stranger to making history.
She took on several leadership positions, culminating in her appointment as chief nursing officer for England in 1999, a move which she once said “caused a bit of a stir”.
At the time, she was the youngest ever to take on the role.
As the Government’s chief nurse, she advised senior civil servants and then prime minister Tony Blair on NHS policy.
Her proudest achievement, she said, was introducing “the first patient survey in Europe” and igniting a culture change in the NHS “in trying to understand patients’ experience”.
She was ordained in 2001 but took on ministry full time in 2004.
The following year she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire for her outstanding contribution to nursing and midwifery.
In 2015, the senior civil servant was appointed Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter, before rising to the top ranks of the Church.
On her leadership style, the Anglican bishop said she was “frisky, agile,…
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