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  • Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster

    Saturday, 16th November 2019

    A month ago, the Abbey celebrated – 750 years. Which makes the Abbey older than Amsterdam.

  • Sermon at the The Whitehall Carol Service 2018

    Tuesday, 18th December 2018

    Is it possible or sensible to talk of a Golden Age? And if so, when might there have been a Golden Age?

    Whitehall Carol Service Dean of Westminster

  • Sermon given at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018

    Monday, 1st October 2018

    Sermon given at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018, by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.

    Judges Service Special Service

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2020

    Sunday, 18th October 2020

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2020: Even the Dean of Westminster could not, should not tell you what the outcome will be. I grew up in.

  • Order of the Bath

    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

    Notable people

  • William Benson

    Abbot and Dean

    William Benson, first Dean of Westminster, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey (in the area formerly called the chapel of St Blaize).

  • Dean Preaches in New York

    Monday, 13th June 2011

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, preached the sermon at Solemn Eucharist on the feast of Pentecost, Sunday 12th June 2011, at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, a parish church in the episcopal diocese of New York, NY, United States of America.

    USA tour

  • Ptolemy Dean installed as Surveyor of the Fabric

    Friday, 23rd March 2012

    Ptolemy Dean, Westminster Abbey’s new Surveyor of the Fabric, was formally installed as a member of College and placed in his stall in the Quire at Evensong on Thursday 22nd March 2012.

    Ptolemy Dean Surveyor of the Fabric

  • Dean of Westminster preaches in New York

    Friday, 18th May 2012

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, embarked on a two week trip to the East Coast of the USA from 30th April to 14th May.

  • Abbey announces new Dean

    Tuesday, 19th September 2006

    Canon John Hall has been appointed as the new Dean of Westminster.

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall

  • The Queen presents Dean with KCVO

    Wednesday, 30th October 2019

    Her Majesty The Queen presented the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, with the KCVO at his farewell audience at Buckingham Palace today.

  • Ptolemy Dean appointed Westminster Abbey’s new Surveyor of the Fabric

    Friday, 9th December 2011

    Westminster Abbey is delighted to announce the appointment of Ptolemy Dean as Westminster Abbey's next Surveyor of the Fabric.

  • Robert Benson, Lord Bingley

    Politician

    Robert Benson, Baron Bingley of Bingley in Yorkshire, politician, was buried on 14th April 1731 in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

  • Dean of Westminster to retire in November next year

    Friday, 28th September 2018

    The Dean of Westminster announced today (Friday 28th September) that he will retire next year on 1st November 2019 after 13 years at Westminster Abbey.

  • Dean of Westminster appointed Chair of the RSCM

    Friday, 27th July 2018

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, will succeed Lord Gill as the next Chair of the Council of the Royal School of Church Music.

    Royal School of Church Music

  • David Hoyle appointed new Dean of Westminster

    Wednesday, 19th June 2019

    Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle as the new Dean of Westminster.

    The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle

  • Dean of Westminster to celebrate 40 years as a priest

    Tuesday, 21st June 2016

    On Monday 4th July at 5.00 pm the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, will preside at a Sung Eucharist in Westminster Abbey to mark the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a priest.

  • Abbey Sub-Dean appointed Dean of Durham

    Thursday, 17th December 2015

    The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Sub-Dean of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret's Church, has been appointed Dean of Durham. He will take up his new post at Durham Cathedral in the summer. He succeeds the Very Reverend Michael Sadgrove who retired in September.

    Canon Andrew Tremlett

  • Dean preaches at National Pilgrimage

    Tuesday, 26th May 2015

    On Monday 25th May 2015, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, preached the sermon during the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

    Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

  • John Hall retires as Dean of Westminster

    Friday, 1st November 2019

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall has retired after 13 years as Dean of Westminster. He presided at a valedictory Eucharist on Friday 1st November.

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