News & Newsletters
Adrian Bawtree appointed Director of Music and Organist at Rochester Cathedral
Adrian Bawtree has been appointed as Rochester Cathedral’s new Director of Music and Organist. Adrian is currently Second Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral and will take up his prestigious new role from September 2022. read more...
The Very Revd Dr Jane Hedges to be appointed Acting Dean of Canterbury
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of The Very Reverend Dr Jane Hedges as a Residentiary Canon at Canterbury Cathedral. read more...
Canterbury Cathedral response to Mail On Sunday zero-hour contracts article
On Sunday 3 April 2022, The Mail On Sunday published an article regarding a small number of zero-hour contract roles offered at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge. The original article did not include the Cathedral’s statement regarding these contracts, or details of our staff pay rise which came into effect on 1 April 2022. read more...
Passiontide exhibition: ‘Reading between the lines’
Canterbury Cathedral’s Crypt provides the perfect setting for ‘Reading between the lines’, an exhibition of paintings for Passiontide 2022 by artist and Professor of Fine Art, Anne Grebby. read more...
William Adam named as next Archdeacon of Canterbury
The Revd Dr William Adam has been named as the next Archdeacon of Canterbury and Residentiary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. Will is currently the Deputy General Secretary of the Anglican Communion and Director of the Department for Unity, Faith and Order. Will said: “It’s a great honour and pleasure to be invited to take up this role. read more...
Dean of Canterbury to retire on eve of 75th birthday
The Dean of Canterbury, The Very Revd Dr Robert Willis, has announced that he will cease to be Dean at midnight on 16 May 2022, the eve of his 75th birthday. read more...
Do you know the difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque?
Do you know the difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque? As we enter Gargoyle Week, we caught up with veteran Canterbury Cathedral stonemason, Benn Swinfield, to ask him just this. read more...
Major New Cathedral Exhibition tells the complex and violent history of Church-State relations
A major new exhibition in Canterbury Cathedral’s Crypt allows visitors to explore up close, for the first time, a unique collection of artefacts – including the battle shield, gauntlets and jupon of medieval warrior Edward The Black Prince, and fragments of Thomas Becket’s shrine – that tell the complex, and often violent, story of Church-State relations. read more...
Sewing the Sower
A creative lockdown project has seen the creation of an amazing stitched embroidery reproduction of The Cathedral’s Parable of the Sower window. read more...
Archbishop of Canterbury supports groundbreaking project to reintroduce iconic bird linked to St Thomas Becket
Today, on the anniversary of Thomas Becket’s murder in Canterbury Cathedral, the present day Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Revd Justin Welby, lent his support to a groundbreaking conservation project to bring back the iconic bird linked to his most famous predecessor. read more...
Commendation for Cathedral Visitor Centre
We’re delighted that the Cathedral’s Visitor Centre has been awarded a Commendation for its interior design at this year’s Canterbury Society Design Awards https://bit.ly/3FoOxTj. read more...