Pope Francis names new Auxiliary Bishop for Westminster

The Holy Father on Monday appointed Monsignor Nicholas Gilbert Hudson, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster, assigning him the titular see of Sanctus Germanus.

Bishop Elect Hudson (pictured, with Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster) is a priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark and Pastor of The Sacred Heart in Wimbledon.

Biography of Bishop-elect Nicholas Hudson

Born Hammersmith, 14 February 1959, fourth son of Richard and Marie-Charlotte (nee Valdelièvre) Hudson

1966-72 Wimbledon College Preparatory School

1972-77 Wimbledon College

1978-81 Jesus College, Cambridge
Bachelor of Arts

1981-87 Venerable English College, Rome
Bachelor of Philosophy
Bachelor of Theology
Licence in Fundamental Theology

1986 Ordained 19 July 1986 by Archbishop Michael Bowen in the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Wimbledon

1987-91 Assistant Priest in the Parish of St Thomas of Canterbury, Canterbury

1991-92 Catholic University of Leuven
Studies in Religious Education and Catechesis

1992-2000 Director of the Southwark Christian Education Centre

2000-04 Vice-Rector of the Venerable English College, Rome

2004-13 Rector of the Venerable English College, Rome

2014 Parish Priest of the Parish of the Sacred Heart, Wimbledon