Kathleen Judith Rose (born 14 June 1937) is a British retired Anglican priest. She was one of the first female priests to hold a senior management role in the Church of England when she served as Archdeacon of Tonbridge from 1996 to 2002.[1]
Biography edit
Rose was educated at Sexey's Grammar School, Seale-Hayne College and the London Bible College. She had earlier career in agriculture.[2]
Rose became a parish worker at Rodbourne Cheney Parish Church, in 1976. She was made deaconess in 1976, and was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1987[clarification needed] and as a priest in 1994.[3] She was at St George, Leeds from 1973 to 1981; chaplain at Bradford Cathedral from 1981 to 1985; minister at St Paul's Parkwood, Gillingham from 1986 to 1990; Rural Dean of Gillingham from 1988 to 1990; Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester from 1990 to 1995; and Archdeacon of Tonbridge from 1996 to 2002.[4]
Rose belongs to the evangelical wing of the Church of England.[5]
Selected works edit
A published author, her works include:
- Sunday Learning for All Ages, 1982
- Women Priests: the first years, 1996
- Voices of this Calling, 2002
- Sow in Tears, 2007[6]
References edit
- ^ "Archdeacon to retire". Kent Online. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Rose, Ven. (Kathleen) Judith, (born 14 June 1937), Archdeacon of Tonbridge, 1996–2002". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/9 p 702: London, Church House, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7151-1029-4
- ^ ‘Rose, Ven. (Kathleen) Judith’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 7 Nov 2016
- ^ "The 13 voting members of the commission". The Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2002. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
The Ven Judith Rose, Archdeacon of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, who was the first woman priest to be appointed to a senior Church post. An evangelical thought likely to vote for the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, who appointed her.
- ^ British Library web site accessed 17:18 GMT Monday 7 November 2016