The memorial service for former Dean of Canterbury Robert Willis is to be at Salisbury Cathedral on Candlemas, Sunday 2 February at 3pm.
Tickets are not required and all are welcome at the service which will take the form of choral evensong with an address by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
The service will be livestreamed and can be viewed here or via the cathedral website.
Robert Willis, much loved long serving Canterbury Dean who retired in 2022, died unexpectedly last year in the USA where his funeral took place.
It may be a surprise that the memorial service is not to be at Canterbury but the venue may prove convenient to those wishing to attend who live near Salisbury. Robert Willis began his ministry in the Salisbury Diocese.
As Dean, Robert Willis visited Segni in Italy where Alexander III presided over the fast canonisation of Thomas Becket in 1173.
Salisbury Cathedral’s saint for pilgrims is Osmund..
Sincere thanks for keeping all of us updated on the Memorial Service for Dean Robert Willis our much loved friend and amazing man. We miss his teaching and gracious hospitality. May God comfort us all and especially Fletchet at Evensong tomorrow
Blessings
Diane Gower Dent
Hamilton Ontario ddent@redeemer.ca
Robert – My wife is dying and asks for you, and we listen and watch (especially pigs and turkeys). The date doesn’t matter – you never let us down. She will be seeing you soon.