Judith Rose

(Kathleen) Judith Rose (born 14 June 1937) was one of the first women priests to hold a senior management role in the Church of England.[1]

Rose was educated at Sexey's Grammar School, Seale-Hayne College and the London Bible College. After an earlier career in Agriculture she became a Parish Worker at Rodbourne Cheney Parish Church, in 1976. She was ordained deaconess in 1976, and priest in 1984.[2] 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.[3]

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[4]

References

1. Kent On-line
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/9 p 702: London, Church House, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7151-1029-4
3. ‘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
4. British Library web site accessed 17:18 GMT Monday 7 November 2016