Southwark Cathedral’s new dean, the Very Revd Andrew Nunn, used the sermon at his induction service on Saturday to affirm Southwark and South London’s role at the heart of national life.
“This cathedral community is proud to be the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark for south London and East Surrey,” he told a large Southwark Cathedral congregation on Saturday afternoon.
In comments prompted by recent press comment on the church’s activities in south London, he said: “We are proud to be part of the melting pot of south London and stand proudly on the south bank looking across to the City of London and our sister cathedral St Paul’s.