Kate Wilmot

Wilmot obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Murdoch University in 1999. She was ordained a deacon in 1999 and became an assistant curate at St John's church, Northam, from 1999 to 2001. She was ordained priest in February 2000 and subsequently became priest-in-charge of the parishes of Ballajura (2001-2009) and rector at St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Bayswater, Western Australia (2009-2015). During that time she was also an Army Reserve chaplain from 2004 to 2016, area dean of the Mirrabooka Deanery (2007-09) and a canon of St George’s Cathedral, Perth (2008-2015).^[2][1]

In 2015 she was consecrated bishop by the then Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft.^[3] She is an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth and assistant bishop with episcopal oversight of the South: Yonga (formerly Armadale), Gwaya (formerly Cockburn), Wagyl (formerly Melville) and Marli (formerly Perth and Victoria Park) deaneries.^[2]

From 2016-2018 she was administrator of the Diocese of Perth while the diocese was without an archbishop when Herft stood down then retired. In 2018 she presided at the service for the installation of Kay Goldsworthy as Archbishop of Perth.^[4]

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