St Paul's Cathedral

Cathedral in the City of London

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2025 Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
2024 End of his recorded ecclesiastical career.
July 14 2024 Passed away.
July 14 2024 John Moses passed away at the age of 86.
2023
Richard Chartres
Played a leading role in the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla, carrying the Queen's Ring and presenting the Queen's Sceptre for blessing.
2023
Richard Chartres
Chartres became a vice president of the National Churches Trust.
2023 Received the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship from the Archbishop of Canterbury for 'helping to build bridges between the Church and poets'.
2023 Conferred an honorary Doctor of Education degree by the University of Chester for his 'outstanding contribution to education and the arts'.
December 3 2023 Instituted as Dean of Southwark, becoming first among equals of the clergy at Southwark Cathedral and senior priest of the Diocese of Southwark.
November 2023 Licensed as Priest in Charge of St Pancras Church, Euston Road, London.
May 30 2023 Appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) by King Charles III.
2022 Appointed as Vicar of St Anne's Church in Kew, continuing his career in the Anglican priesthood.
2022 Retired from his position as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral after serving in the role for a decade.
2022 Awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in English Literature by Bangor University, supervised by Professor Helen Wilcox, Professor Tony Brown, and Professor Andrew Hiscock.
September 10 2022 Attended the Accession Council which proclaimed King Charles III as Monarch.
2021 Received a Fellowship from King's College London (FKC) in recognition of his 'exceptional service and achievement'.
2021 Admitted to the degree of Master of Arts by the University of Cambridge.
2021
Earconwald
British children's writer Abi Elphinstone used 'Erkenwald' as the name of a mythical kingdom in her book Sky Song.
2021
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Another slice of the wedding cake was sold at auction for £1,850 ($2,565).
July 28 2021 Announced his retirement, set to take place in September 2022.
2020 Installed as Canon Theologian (honorary) of Wakefield Cathedral.
July 3 2020 Shaikh is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years at court, wearing a black hijab.
April 2020
Anthony van Dyck
The Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia began restoration of van Dyck's Equestrian Portrait of Don Francisco de Moncada.
February 2020 Shaikh pleads guilty to preparing an act of terrorism at the Old Bailey, with an intended attack on Easter Sunday (April 12).
February 20 2020
J. M. W. Turner
The Bank of England released the Turner £20 banknote, featuring a portrait of Turner with The Fighting Temeraire in the background, which was the first £20 British note printed on polymer.
2019 Advocated for a 'No Deal' Brexit and voted for the Conservative Party despite recently joining the Social Democratic Party.
2019 Expressed strong anti-Thatcher sentiments, stating that all his political energy has been a reaction to Thatcherism.
2019
Richard Chartres
Continues to hold the title 'The Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Chartres', likely indicating a continued role or honorary position in the church.
2019 Published 'By Way of the Heart' (a collection of sermons) and 'My Sour-Sweet Days: George Herbert and the Journey of the Soul' (reflections on George Herbert's poetry).
2019 Won the Michael Ramsey Prize for global theological writing for 'The Splash of Words', presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Greenbelt Festival.
October 2019 Shaikh is arrested following her encounter with the undercover police officer.
September 2019 Shaikh meets an undercover police officer in west London during an investigation into her online extremism.
July 11 2019
Richard Chartres
Retired as Dean of the Chapels Royal and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO).
2018
Richard Chartres
Received Honorary DD degree from Nashotah House
2018 Resigned from St Paul's Cathedral to become Dean of St John's College, Cambridge.
2018 Invited by Poet Laureate Dame Carol Ann Duffy to be a judge for the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry.
2018
Earconwald
Erkenwald appears as a supporting character in The Last Kingdom television series, portrayed by actor Kevin Eldon.
2018
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
A slice of the couple's wedding cake was auctioned by Julien's Auctions, estimated to sell between $800–$1,200.
May 12 2018
Bishop of London
Sarah Mullally installed as Bishop of London, marking a significant moment for women in the Church of England.
March 8 2018
Bishop of London
Sarah Mullally confirmed as Bishop of London after her canonical election.
January 25 2018
Bishop of London
Sarah Mullally canonically elected as the 133rd Bishop of London.
2017
Richard Chartres
Transitions to 'The Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Chartres', marking a change in his formal title and status.
2017 Preached at St-Martin-in-the-Fields commemorating the 50th anniversary of homosexuality decriminalization in England and Wales.
December 2017
Anthony van Dyck
In December, a Virgin with Child was revealed as an original van Dyck painting after an exhaustive study and restoration project at The Cerralbo Museum.
November 7 2017
Richard Chartres
Introduced to the House of Lords as Baron Chartres, of Wilton in the County of Wiltshire.
October 12 2017
Richard Chartres
Announced to be created a life peer, to sit on the crossbenches in the House of Lords.
February 28 2017
Richard Chartres
Retired as Bishop of London on Shrove Tuesday.
2016 Publicly supported leaving the European Union during the Brexit referendum, criticizing the EU as a 'remote and undemocratic bureaucracy'.
2016
Anthony van Dyck
The Frick Collection in New York hosted 'Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture', the first major survey of the artist's work in the United States in over two decades.

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