Appointment of bishop of Plymouth, England

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Nicholas Hudson, until now auxiliary of Westminster, as bishop of Plymouth, England.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Nicholas Gilbert Hudson was born on 14 February 1959 in Wimbledon, London. He carried out his secondary studies at the Jesuit Fathers’ Wimbledon College, and his university studies at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, obtaining a Master of Art in history. He subsequently attended the Venerable English College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he was awarded a bachelor’s degree and licentiate in dogmatic theology.

He was ordained a priest on 19 July 1986 for the archdiocese of Southwark.

After ordination, he held the role of deputy parish priest of Saint Thomas of Canterbury (1987-1991). He continued his studies as the Catholic University of Louvain, and went on to serve as director of the Christian Education Centre in the archdiocese of Southwark (1993-2000), vice rector (2000-2004) and rector (2004-2013) of the Venerable English College in Rome, and parish priest of The Sacred Heart in Wimbledon, archdiocese of Southwark.

On 31 March 2014 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Westminster and titular bishop of Sanctus Germanus, receiving episcopal consecration the following 4 June.

In addition, he was a member of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, episcopal secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, president of the Department for International Affairs, moderator of the Coordination for the Holy Land; and observer at the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe.