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• Mark Birch appointed Canon of Westminster and Chaplain to the Speaker

  Thursday, 26th September 2024

  The Reverend Mark Birch has been appointed by HM The King as a Canon of Westminster and by Sir Lindsay Hoyle as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

• Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church

  Tuesday, 9th June 2015

  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 Tuesday 9th June 2015.

  Service for the New Parliament St Margaret's Church

• 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.

  Dean of Westminster

• St Margaret’s holds a Service for the New Parliament

  Tuesday, 23rd July 2024

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, gave the Address at Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church.

• New Canon Steward Appointed

  Wednesday, 25th May 2016

  The Reverend Canon Anthony Ball has been appointed by the Crown to the Canonry of Westminster vacant through the appointment of the Venerable Andrew Tremlett as Dean of Durham.

  Canon Anthony Ball

• Westminster Abbey's Annual Civic Service was held on Sunday 7 July 2013

  Monday, 8th July 2013

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, welcomed The Lord Mayor of Westminster and Deputy High Steward of the Abbey, Councillor Sarah Richardson, and other City of Westminster councillors to Westminster Abbey for the Civic Service on Sunday 7th July.

  Special Service Civic Service

• Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop of Canterbury attend Evensong

  Wednesday, 4th November 2015

  Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 3rd November was held in the presence of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby.

  Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Archbishop of Canterbury

• Bishop of London reads for Abbey podcast

  Sunday, 17th May 2020

  The Bishop of London, who is leading the Church of England’s response to the coronavirus, has recorded a reading for the Abbey’s latest podcast.

  Abbeycast COVID-19 Bishop of London

• Ordination and Consecration of Bishops at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 25th September 2013

  The Reverend Canon Jonathan Goodall was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Ebbsfleet in the Diocese of Canterbury, and The Venerable Martyn Snow was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Tewkesbury in the Diocese of Gloucester at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 25th September 2013.

  Ordination and Consecration of Bishops

• New appointments in the Minor Canons team

  Tuesday, 29th October 2024

  Following the announcement that the Reverend Mark Birch is to become a Canon of Westminster and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, new appointments have been made in the Minor Canons team at Westminster Abbey.

• Abbey focuses on the future for women bishops

  At the start of Christian Unity Week on Monday 18th January, Westminster Abbey hosted an evening to discuss one of the most hotly-debated topics in the Church of England - the ordination of women as bishops.

• Royal Family marks Unknown Warrior centenary

  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 2020.

• Festival of Saint Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

  The Festival of St Cecilia service was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral came together to sing the premiere of an anthem specially commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund with the help of the RVW Trust: ‘Vast Ocean of Light’, by Jonathan Dove.

• The Reverend James Mustard gives the Address

  A service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia - the patron saint of music and musicians - was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with Help Musicians UK on 23rd November 2022.

• HRH The Duke of Gloucester and the Prime Minister Attend NVA Evensong

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester and the Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, and over 1000 members of The Normandy Veterans’ Association attended Evensong on Sunday 25 October at 3.00pm, marking the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Campaign.

• A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford

  A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.

• Abbey Remembers Haiti a Year on from the Earthquake

  A Service for Haiti was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 16th January 2011 at 6.30 pm.

• Abbey celebrates Olympic Games

  HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO, attended a Service in Celebration of the London Olympic Games at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 15th July.

• Spirit of Windrush celebrated at Westminster Abbey

  The Queen was represented by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London at a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Windrush today.

• HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens the Field of Remembrance

  HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opened the Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 5th November 2009.