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Welcome to the Diocese of Plymouth.
Canon Paul Cummins, Diocesan Administrator, said:
“In this Jubilee Year of Hope, today’s appointment of Bishop Nicholas is an answer to our prayers. Bishop Nicholas is a priest of some 39 years’ experience in parish ministry, seminary and lay formation, diocesan, national and international leadership – this experience, alongside his pastoral gifts will serve him well in leading our diocese. We give thanks to the Holy Father for this appointment and look forward to Bishop Nicholas’s arrival with joy and with hope.”
Anouncement of Bishop Nicholas Hudson as the new Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Plymouth 21 October 2025
We are pleased to announce that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson as the new Bishop of Plymouth.
On hearing of his appointment, Bishop Hudson, Bishop-elect of Plymouth said:
“I am deeply grateful to Pope Leo XIV for appointing me; and I do not take lightly the trust he has placed in me. I am aware how long the clergy, religious and laity of Plymouth Diocese have waited for a bishop. I come with a desire to listen and to learn. I hope we can apply all the strengths of synodality to discern together ways to deepen the diocese’s outreach, mission and presence to the people of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. I look forward greatly to meeting all who belong to the diocese.
“I ask their prayers for me as I prepare to be their bishop – as I most surely pray for them.”
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News and events from across the diocese
An interview with Bishop Nicholas Hudson, Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Plymouth
Bishop Nicholas Hudson: A Bishop Keen to Listen
Being Signs of Hope: A day of Reflection and Prayer for the 9th World Day of the Poor
Day of reflection and prayer to mark the ninth World Day of the Poor
Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Nicholas Hudson as new Bishop of Plymouth
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson as the new Bishop of Plymouth.
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