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  • Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone

    Wednesday, 18th July 2018

    A memorial stone to Nelson Mandela was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on 18th July 2018, the birth centenary of the former President of South Africa.

    Nelson Mandela Memorial dedication

  • Abbey prays for Nelson Mandela

    Wednesday, 26th June 2013

    Prayers for the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela are being included in daily Eucharists at Westminster Abbey.

  • Florence Nightingale honoured at Abbey

    Wednesday, 12th May 2010

    A Service to Celebrate the Life of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2010.

    Florence Nightingale Special Service Archbishop Desmond Tutu

  • Dr Rowan Williams Leads Celebrations for the Bicentenary of the National Society

    Friday, 14th October 2011

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams paid tribute to the work of the National Society at a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Bicentenary of the National Society on Friday 14th October at 12 noon.

    National Society Archbishop of Canterbury

  • Anthony Ball appointed Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome

    Monday, 11th November 2024

    A photograph of Bishop Anthony Ball wearing a black shirt and jacket and a clerical collar.

  • Seminar: Speaking of Human Flourishing - salvation, happiness, rhetoric

    Thursday, 17th October 2024

    Join us for the first of this term’s online seminar talks with Nadia Marais, a Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, an ordained minister in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa.

  • Service for CofE and URC

    Wednesday, 8th February 2012

    A Service of Reconciliation, Healing of Memories and Mutual Commitment for the Church of England and the United Reformed Church was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th February 2012 at 6.15 pm.

    Faith leaders United Reformed Church Archbishop of York

  • 31. George III and Archbishop Secker

    Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

  • Abbey welcomes Pope Tawadros

    Thursday, 11th May 2017

    His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Bishop of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, was joined by the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and other representatives of the Church of England, at Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Friday 12th May 2017.

  • Canon Hutt awarded Lambeth degree

    Friday, 15th April 2005

    Congratulations to Canon David Hutt on being awarded the degree of Master of Arts by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

    Canon David Hutt

  • 'The history of England'

    Memorials in the Abbey's south transept

  • Bishop of Lincoln Consecrated at Westminster Abbey

    Wednesday, 21st September 2011

    The Right Reverend Christopher Lowson was ordained and consecrated as Bishop of Lincoln at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey on 21st September 2011. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, presided at the service.

    Ordination and Consecration of Bishops

  • Historic Abbey Service for Pope

    Friday, 17th September 2010

    His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, attended a Service of Evening Prayer at Westminster Abbey on Friday 17th September 2010.

    Pope Benedict XVI State Visit

  • Consecration of the Bishop of Shrewsbury

    Wednesday, 28th October 2009

    The Reverend Mark Rylands, Canon Missioner for Exeter Diocese and Cathedral, was ordained and consecrated to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Shrewsbury by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops at a Eucharist in the Abbey on Wednesday 28th October 2009.

    Bishop of Shrewsbury

  • Suffragan Bishop of Lewes consecrated at Abbey

    Wednesday, 14th May 2014

    The Right Reverend Richard Jackson was ordained and consecrated to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops at a Eucharist in the Abbey on Wednesday 14th May 2014, the feast of St Matthias the Apostle.

    Bishop of Lewes Consecration of Bishops

  • Memorial to Chadwick brothers dedicated

    Friday, 2nd February 2018

    A memorial to two brothers, both priests and distinguished academics, Owen Chadwick OM KBE and Henry Chadwick KBE, was dedicated in the South Quire Aisle of Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st February 2018.

  • Consecration of the Bishop of Sherborne

    Friday, 26th June 2009

    The Reverend Canon Dr Graham Kings, Vicar of St Mary's Church, Islington, was ordained to the episcopate as the new Suffragan Bishop of Sherborne by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops at a Eucharist in the Abbey on Wednesday 24th June 2009.

    Bishop of Sherborne

  • HRH The Princess Royal to dedicate Armed Forces Memorial

    Friday, 17th October 2008

    HRH The Princess Royal will dedicate a memorial in the Abbey’s South Cloister later this month to commemorate all those in the British armed forces who have died in conflicts throughout the world since the Second World War.

    Armed Forces Memorial

  • St Margaret’s holds Service for the New Parliament

    Wednesday, 28th June 2017

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th June 2017.

    Service for the New Parliament

  • President of the Republic of Korea visits the Abbey

    The President of the Republic of Korea, HE Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Abbey on Tuesday 21st November as part of his State Visit to His Majesty The King.

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