The funeral of the Dean of Southwark is to be at the cathedral on Saturday 4 December at 11am. The preacher will be The Dean of St Albans Jeffery John.
Colin Slee’s body is being received at the cathedral on Friday 3 December at 5pm.
The Dean’s death is a shock. People gathered at Southwark Cathedral on hearing the news on Thursday.
He believed in the cathedral having a local role as well as being the mother church of the diocese. The local obituary appears on the London SE1 website.