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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.

Biography

Rose was educated at Sexey's Grammar School, Seale-Hayne College and the London Bible College. She had earlier career in agriculture.

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 and as a priest in 1994. 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.

Rose belongs to the evangelical wing of the Church of England.

Selected works

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

References

1. "Archdeacon to retire". Kent Online. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
2. "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.
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/9 p 702: London, Church House, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7151-1029-4
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
5. "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.
6. British Library web site accessed 17:18 GMT Monday 7 November 2016

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