The Right Revd Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Bishop of Croydon

We are looking forward to welcoming Bishop Rosemarie Mallett to St Anselm's on Sunday 26 October where she will preside over the Eucharist and preach. Please join us for the service and a delicious lunch afterwards!

Biography
Bishop Rosemarie Mallett was born in Barbados and came to the UK as a child. She grew up in the UK and was educated at Sussex University and Warwick University. Before ordination, she was a research sociologist and academic, specialising in international development and ethno-cultural mental health. She has lived and worked in Senegal, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Barbados. She trained for ministry at the South East Institute of Theological Education (SEITE) and served her curacy at Christ Church, Brixton Road. She was ordained priest in 2005.

Bishop Rosemarie served as Priest-in-Charge at St John the Evangelist, Angell Town, from 2007 and was appointed Vicar in 2013, as well as being made Director of Ordinands for the Kingston Episcopal Area. In 2015, she was additionally appointed Diocesan Director of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation. She served on General Synod from 2011 to 2021. She is the Diocesan lead on Social and Racial Justice and authored the Diocese of Southwark’s Anti-Racism Charter which was unanimously approved by the Diocesan Synod in March 2021. She is a spokesperson on racial and social justice issues nationally and is Chair of the Oversight Group for the Church Commissioners’ work on African chattel enslavement and reparatory justice.

In March 2025, she was additionally appointed joint lead bishop for racial justice alongside Bishop Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall.  As such, she is a deputy chair of the Racial Justice Board, a committee of the Archbishop’s Council. She is also the lead bishop representing the national church on the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Trustee Board.

For more than 20 years, Bishop Rosemarie has served as trustee and director of several social action charities across London, all focusing on building community cohesion. She served as an equalities commissioner for five years in Lambeth and currently acts as adviser to a Croydon community action project which is focused on reducing serious youth violence. She also serves as Chair of the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education.