He became Rector of Southam in 1995 and was later appointed canon residentiary of Coventry Cathedral.

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Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of Red Arrows pilot Flt Lt Sean Cunningham at Coventry Cathedral.

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Like A Quiet Corner of London, above, John Piper's Interior of Coventry Cathedral was painted in the immediate aftermath of a bombing raid.

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He was a vicar in Warwickshire, a canon of Coventry Cathedral, and the Dean of Liverpool, before being appointed as Bishop of Durham in November 2011.

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The event, held at the new Coventry Cathedral, is also attended by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, and other leading politicians.

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After the war, when Coventry Cathedral, which had almost been obliterated by German bombs in 1940, was celebrating its reconstruction and Britten was asked for a new composition to mark the dedication, he quickly agreed.

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Restoration workers have discovered nine secret crypts hidden under the ruins of Coventry's bombed cathedral.

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The WMF also called for immediate action to combat water infiltration and structural deterioration at the cathedral church of St Michael in Coventry, England.

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