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History
852AD - 1212AD
1212AD - 1539AD
1539AD - 1815AD
1815AD - 1907AD
The Present

Southwark Cathedral is more than just a beautiful and historic building. It remains a working building and one of its continuing functions is to maintain the worship of God. A Eucharist is celebrated daily on weekdays at lunch time to accommodate those working locally. This service is preceded by Morning Prayer and the working day is completed by Choral Evensong/Evening Prayer. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during term times the latter service is sung by one or more of the three Cathedral Choirs. On Sundays there is an early Communion at 9am, a Choral Eucharist at 11am, a Choral Evensong at 3pm, and '6.30 at Southwark'. Many services are held for special groups of people, livery companies, the consecration of bishops, World AIDS Days, schools, hospitals and universities.

Full details of services and other events.

Another function of the Cathedral is to be a centre for teaching, and lay readers and pastoral auxiliaries receive their training here week by week. The Cathedral's Education Centre deals particularly with children and over 8,000 passed through the building in the last year. The Cathedral is a popular venue for concerts, in particular the annual Southwark Festival and is host to exhibitions of the visual arts and to dramatic productions. Among the organisations attached to the cathedral is that of the Friends whose main function is to support the Cathedral with gifts, time and prayer.

The mid-1990's saw a major development at the Cathedral. This was in response to the ever-increasing pressure of activities taking place for the Parish and for the Diocese and to react to the challenge posed by the increasing number of people visiting the Cathedral by virtue of the new attractions and developments in the Bankside and South Bank areas. This led to a major appeal and building project which enabled the construction of a new building to the north of the Cathedral, accommodating an education centre, a Refectory, a Library, and conference rooms. The new buildings were officially opened by Dr Nelson Mandela in April 2001

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