Rose Hudson-Wilkin

The Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin CD MBE KHC
Bishop of Dover
Hudson-Wilkin in April 2017
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Canterbury
Elected	19 November 2019
In office	2019–present
Predecessor	Trevor Willmott
Other post(s)	Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons (2010–19) Priest-Vicar of Westminster Abbey (2010–19) Priest-in-Charge of St Mary-at-Hill, London (2014–19)
Orders
Ordination	1991 (deacon) 1994 (priest) by Keith Sutton
Consecration	2019 (bishop) by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	Rose Josephine Hudson (1961-01-19) 19 January 1961 (age 63) Montego Bay, Colony of Jamaica
Nationality	United Kingdom
Denomination	Christian
Residence	Old Palace, Canterbury, Kent
Spouse	Kenneth Wilkin[1]
Children	3
Occupation	Cleric
Alma mater	Montego Bay High School

Rose Josephine Hudson-Wilkin CD MBE KHC (born 19 January 1961), is a British Anglican prelate, who serves as Suffragan Bishop of Dover in the diocese of Canterbury – deputising for the Archbishop – since 2019: she is the first black woman to become a Church of England bishop. She 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.