{"id":54466,"date":"2021-12-15T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salisburycathedral.org.uk\/?page_id=54466"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:15:55","slug":"life-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.salisburycathedral.org.uk\/worship-and-music\/life-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Life events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Life events <\/h1>\n\n
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Our Clergy, Vergers and Events teams run hundreds of services and events every year. We will work closely with you to make sure your personal choices shine through. Whatever the occasion, we can help you chose the right space and format for your life event at the Cathedral. Please remember that as a living church, we need to fit these into our busy pattern of daily worship and other calendar commitments so flexibility in dates is required. There are also some requirements that need to be met in order to use the Cathedral for life events.<\/p>\n

If you need to speak with someone urgently about any of the above please call 01722 555189 or email our Canon Chancellor, Edward Probert, chancellor@salcath.co.uk.<\/a>
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\n Baptisms <\/h3>\n
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If you are not already a regular worshipper at the Cathedral we ask you to let the vicar of your local parish church know that you are seeking to have your child baptised here. In baptism, a person joins the church of God, and we want to work in partnership with the church where you live.<\/p>\n

You can find your parish church here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You will also find some helpful material about baptism\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

For further information, please fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Salisbury Cathedral is not the same as a parish church and different Marriage Regulations apply. To be married in the Cathedral by right, one of the couple must have their residence in The Close. All other couples wishing to be married in the Cathedral, must apply for an Archbishop\u2019s Special Licence.<\/p>\n

To obtain an Archbishop\u2019s Special Licence, one of the couple (or both) needs to have a demonstrable connection with the Cathedral. Below is a list of such \u2018Qualifying Connections\u2019 which may apply and will enable the Cathedral to support your application.<\/p>\n