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(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.
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. She was at St George, Leeds from 1973 to 1981; Chaplain at Bradford Cathedral from 1981 to 199585; 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.
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