St George's Cathedral Southwark

About

Official page of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, seat of the Archbishop of Southwark & the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Southwark.

Story

Official page of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, seat of the Archbishop of Southwark & the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Southwark.

Mission

Back in 1820, when Provost Thomas Doyle, came to Southwark and set about building the Cathedral, communications and ways of sharing information were very different from what we take for granted today.

History tells us that he made extensive use of the print media that was available to him in the early 19th century, and I feel sure that he would have greatly approved of the internet as a means of telling people about St George’s Cathedral and the work that goes on here!

Today, St George’s, Southwark, and indeed London itself are very different places...but thousands of people still come to this building to pray and worship, to enjoy a peaceful respite from the busy world outside, to listen to one of our concerts, or simply to visit and admire the building. Today St. George’s, as the seat (in Latin Cathedra) of the Archbishop of Southwark, serves as the Mother Church for the 185 parishes all over South London and Kent that make up the Archdiocese. And today, St. George’s is home to a large and vibrantly diverse congregation, reflecting the cosmopolitan community that we serve.

Canon Richard Hearn, Dean of St George's Cathedral