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 Cathedral Diary

 

A welcome from the Dean

Welcome to Exeter Cathedral's Website.

We hope you will enjoy this taste of the finest example of Decorated Gothic architecture in an English Cathedral, and this introduction to our common life.  We hope you will find you want to come and see us in reality.

The Cathedral is the mother church of the diocese of Exeter and the county of Devon.  This year is the 1100th anniversary of a bishop in Devon, for Devon, and the Cathedral is glad to be part of the year's celebrations.  In particular the cathedral hosted a county-wide School's Art Festival marking the anniversary during the first week in June.  On the 27th June, The Archbishop of Canterbury, joined with the diocese for a major day of celebration.

Jonathan Meyrick
Dean of Exeter

 

Our Mission

What we are about: The Mission of the Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter

The Cathedral Church of St Peter is the seat of the Bishop of Exeter and is therefore called to be a centre of worship, teaching and Christian mission within Devon.

The Dean and Chapter, who are given the responsibility on behalf of the Bishop of caring for this Cathedral, both the building and its communities, and of maintaining our corporate life and Christian witness, seek to follow Jesus' central command:-

"to love God and to love all people" by:

  • worshipping God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and singing His praises as well as we can; 
  • telling the Christian story in what we say and what we do, through the glories of the building, through the treasures of the past, in the realities of the present, to friend and stranger; 
  • working with the Bishop and his colleagues in the implementation of the Diocese's vision of its mission and ministry; 
  • being accessible and of service to all the people of Devon, to this city and the communities in which we are set; 
  • working in partnership with other Christian churches and in relationship with other faith communities;
  • receiving, welcoming and inspiring visitors, both tourists and pilgrims;
  • building up our staff, our volunteers and those who worship here as we share our common Christian life and as we seek to fulfil our mission as the Cathedral Church of Exeter.

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