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]
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]
A published author, her works include:
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