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• The Reverend Paul Arbuthnot appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist of Westminster

  Sunday, 14th June 2015

  The Reverend Paul Arbuthnot, currently Minor Canon and Precentor of the Cathedral Church and Abbey of St Alban in Hertfordshire has been appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist of Westminster Abbey.

  Reverend Paul Arbuthnot

• Concert: BACH - St John Passion

  Tuesday, 15th April 2025

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by The English Concert for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s moving Johannes-Passion (St John Passion), sung in German.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey event Music Holy Week and Easter Easter

• Dean installed as Honorary Canon of Chichester

  Monday, 22nd January 2018

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, was installed as an Honorary Canon of Chichester Cathedral at Evensong on Saturday 20th January 2018.

• Trinity Church New York

  In the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel is a wall plaque of silvered bronze, with the parish seal of Trinity Church, New York, USA.

• Ordination and Consecration of Bishops

  Thursday, 14th May 2015

  The Reverend Canon Martin Seeley, Principal, Westcott House, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; and the Reverend Canon Michael Beasley, Director of Mission in the Diocese of Oxford, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey on Ascension day, Thursday 14th May 2015.

  Ordination and Consecration of Bishops Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Bishop of Hertford

• A prominent role in the life of the church

• Actors' Church Union

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  In 1920 the Actors' Church Union presented a hearse cloth or funeral pall to Westminster Abbey. This was given in memory of members who had died in the Great War.

• Charles St Clare Bedford

  Charles St Clare Bedford, Chapter Clerk at Westminster Abbey 1854-1900 and Coroner for the City of Westminster 1845-1888, is buried in the north cloister.

• The Conversion of St Paul

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• St Matthias the Apostle

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• St Barnabas the Apostle

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• The Birth of St John the Baptist

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• St Thomas the Apostle

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• St Mary Magdalene

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• St James the Apostle

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• St Bartholomew the Apostle (transferred)

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• St Luke the Evangelist (transferred)

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• St John, apostle and evangelist

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• St Oscar Romero

  Priest/Minister

  A statue to Oscar Romero, modern martyr and saint, was unveiled in July 1998 and stands above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. Sculptor John Roberts.

• St Maximilian Kolbe

  Priest/Minister

  St Maximilian Kolbe is one of ten martyrs with a memorial statue above the west door of Westminster Abbey. He offered his own life to save a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau.