Bishop Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson

Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1959		Born
19 Jul 1986	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain
31 Mar 2014	55.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
31 Mar 2014	55.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus
4 Jun 2014	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus
21 Oct 2025	66.6	Appointed	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
29 Nov 2025	66.7	Installed	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary
Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson
Bishop Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson
(born 14 Feb 1959)
Bishop of Plymouth

Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hammersmith, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Wimbledon, London, Archdiocese of Southwark, England
Ordained Bishop Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Plymouth.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Michael George Bowen †
Archbishop of Southwark, England
Principal Consecrator:
Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor †
Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England
Archbishop Peter David Gregory Smith †
Archbishop of Southwark, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Vincent Gerard Cardinal Nichols (1992)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Bishop of Basel e Lugano
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul McAleenan (2016)
Archbishop John Wilson (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15989240

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Mar 2014
ob: Website of the Diocese, 31 Mar 2014
c2+: CB, 4 Jun 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,177
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018
ab: Bollettino, 21 Oct 2025
i: CB, 21 Oct 2025

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