1. Rose Hudson-Wilkin was previously Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2019, having trained with the Church Army before entering parish ministry.
17 Facts About Rose Hudson-Wilkin
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin did not meet her mother again until she was nine.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin was educated at Montego Bay High School, an all-girls secondary school in Montego Bay.
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In 1982, Rose Hudson-Wilkin travelled to the UK and settled in the West Midlands where she studied at the Church Army college.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin was ordained a priest on 23 April 1994, in the first few weeks that the Church of England ordained women to the priesthood.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin was appointed a Chaplain to the Queen in 2008.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin moved to her new parish in November 2014, while maintaining her additional appointments.
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From November 2014, Rose Hudson-Wilkin was priest-in-charge of St Mary-at-Hill in the City of London, until late 2019, additionally holding the role of Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, as well as priest vicar at Westminster Abbey and a Chaplain to the Queen.
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On 28 June 2019, it was announced that Rose Hudson-Wilkin was to become Bishop suffragan of Dover.
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On 19 November 2019, Rose Hudson-Wilkin was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Justin Welby at St Paul's Cathedral.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin was installed as Bishop of Dover during a service at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 November 2019.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for "services to young people and the Church", having received the Order of Distinction from the Jamaican Government in 2019.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin officiated at the funeral of William Brown, a seven-year-old boy who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run crash, at St Mary and St Eanswythe's Church in Folkestone, within her episcopal jurisdiction.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin came to wider attention as the first black female to hold the role of Queen's Chaplain.
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Ultimately, the traditional role was split in two with Rose Hudson-Wilkin remaining in her Hackney parish and attending the Commons to lead prayer and services at the chapel of St Mary Undercroft, while Andrew Tremlett took up the posts of a Canon of Westminster and rector of St Margaret's, Westminster.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin met her husband, Kenneth Wilkin, whilst training at the Church Army College.
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin currently serves as chaplain to HM Prison Wandsworth.