Bishop Nicholas welcomes the appointment of the Rt Reverend Richard Moth as Archbishop of Westminster

Bishop Nicholas attends the Chanukah celebration in Plymouth – a profound expression of inter-faith friendship across the Southwest, reinforcing relationships that transcend individual traditions and affirm shared values of respect, dignity, and mutual support.

In response to increasing Catholic congregations and housing growth, one of the first episcopal acts of the new Bishop of Plymouth, the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson, will be to celebrate a Mass for the Dedication of the new church and altar of St Benedict’s, formerly a Methodist chapel, in Gillingham, Dorset on Tuesday 9 December.

In his first public Mass as Bishop of Plymouth at the Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Boniface, on Advent Sunday 30th November 2025, the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson called for prayers for peace in the land of Jesus’s birth, and for all those places where there is strife and suffering, particularly South Sudan and Ukraine. The bishop also urged the congregation to pray for themselves during Advent, for those nearest and dearest to them and for all those who find themselves in real need.

Mass of Installation as the Bishop of Plymouth of the Right Reverence Nicholas Hudson at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface 29 November 2025

"I will give you shepherds after my own heart" Jeremiah 3:15. (Image above from St Mary's Penzance) We would like to share a selection of prayers and pictures created  by pupils in schools from across the diocese to welcome our Bishop-elect, Bishop Nicholas Hudson. ...

Bishop Nicholas Hudson: A Bishop Keen to Listen

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson as the new Bishop of Plymouth.