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| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]<br />
| name = Madhu Smitha Prasadam<br />
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| title = [[Bishop of Huddersfield]]<br />
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| diocese = [[Anglican Diocese of Leeds]]<br />
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| term = 2023–present<br />
| predecessor = [[Jonathan Gibbs (bishop)|Jonathan Gibbs]]<br />
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| ordained_by = [[John Sentamu]]<br />
| consecration = 22 June 2023<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Stephen Cottrell]]<br />
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''' Madhu Smitha Prasadam''' (born 1964) is an [[Anglican]] bishop. Since 2023 she has served as [[Bishop of Huddersfield]] in the [[Anglican Diocese of Leeds|Diocese of Leeds]]. From 2018 to 2023, she served as [[Chaplain]] of [[St. Alban's Church, Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Canon Prasadam announced as next Bishop of Huddersfield|url= https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/10-march/news/uk/canon-prasadam-announced-as-next-bishop-of-huddersfield|website=Anglican Diocese of Leeds |accessdate=12 September 2023 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Prasadam was born in [[South India]] in 1964.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Prasadam | forenames = Madhu Smitha | id = 16069 | accessed = 12 September 2023}}</ref> Her parents worked for the [[Church Mission Society]]. They moved to [[Wales]]; and her mother became the first [[India|Indian]] woman [[ordination|ordained]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].{{Citation needed}}<br />
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==Career in the Church of England==<br />
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She trained for [[ordained ministry]] at [[The Queen's Foundation]].<ref name="Crockford" /> After a [[Curate|curacy]] at [[Blackheath, West Midlands|Blackheath in the West Midlands]], <br />
<ref>{{cite web|title= Pastures new for popular curate |url= https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/1150765.pastures-new-for-popular-curate/ |website=Halesowen News|access-date=12 September 2023 }}</ref><br />
she became [[vicar]] of [[St Paul's Church, Hamstead]] in 2007. In 2018 she moved to Denmark to be Anglican Chaplain in Copenhagen. She was also the [[Bishop in Europe]]’s racial justice adviser, vocations adviser and chair of the House of Clergy.<ref>{{cite web|title= A view from the pew: The consecration of Bishop Smitha Prasadam<br />
|url= https://www.europe.anglican.org/news/latest-news/pioneering-role-copenhagen-chaplain|website=Diocese in Europe|date=23 June 2023|access-date=12 September 2023 }}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Prasadam is married to Peter Prasadam: they have one daughter, Esther.<br />
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