The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Canon Madhu Smitha Prasadam, Chaplain of St Alban’s, Copenhagen, in the Diocese of Europe to the Suffragan See of Huddersfield, in the Diocese of Leeds.
Press release from the Prime Minister’s Office. There is more on the diocesan website.
From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street
Published 8 March 2023
The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Canon Madhu Smitha Prasadam, Chaplain of St Alban’s, Copenhagen, in the Diocese of Europe to the Suffragan See of Huddersfield, in the Diocese of Leeds, in succession to The Right Reverend Dr Jonathan Gibbs following his appointment as Bishop of Rochester.
Smitha was educated at Leeds University (College of Ripon and York St John) and trained for ministry at Queen’s College Birmingham. She served her title at St Paul, Blackheath in the Diocese of Birmingham, and was ordained Priest in 2004. She was the Vicar of St Paul, Hamstead in the Diocese of Birmingham from 2007 to 2018.
Smitha was appointed to her current role as Chaplain of St Alban’s, Copenhagen in the Diocese of Europe in 2018. She has additionally served as Canon on the Cathedral Chapter since 2021.
Delighted!
As the next Bishop of Huddersfield will she have pastoral oversight of Happy Valley? If so, best of luck and “I’ll leave it with yer!”
Heartening to see that Canon Prasadam has solid parish experience. She is of course joining a top heavy diocese but I certainly wish her well.
Any relation to Sam and Jemima Prasadam? Sam was a CMS Area Secretary in the North East before moving to Luton, if I recall, which would match the new Bishop’s biography. My memory might be faulty of course.
Smitha is Sam and Jemima’s daughter.
Thank you. I thought she might be. In which case, how lovely to welcome her back home.
Congratulations!
She will be missed in Copenhagen!