Thomas Hughes (bishop)

Thomas Maurice Hughes[1] (17 April 1895 – 4 October 1981) was an eminent Welsh Anglican priest[2] in the second half of the twentieth century: he was the Archdeacon of Margam from 1961 to 1965; and Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1965 to 1969;[3] and an Assistant Bishop of Llandaff from 1961 until 1970

He was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and Keble College, Oxford; and ordained after wartime service in 1922. After a curacy in Port Talbot he was a Minor canon at Llandaff Cathedral. He was Vicar of St Catherine, Cardiff then Rural Dean of Merthyr Tydfil. He was Vicar of St John the Baptist, Cardiff from 1946 to 1961; Canon and Precentor of Llandaff Cathedral during the same period; and Rural Dean of Cardiff from 1954 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[4]

References

  1. ↑ London Gazette
  2. ↑ Order of St. John. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 4 January 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50650
  3. ↑ Crockford's online accessed 5 February 2014 @ 16:03 GMT
  4. ↑ 'HUGHES, Rt. Rev Thomas Maurice', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 5 Feb 2014
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
Lawrence Thomas		 Archdeacon of Margam
1961–1965		 Succeeded by
Eric Matthias Roberts
Preceded by
Richard William Jones		 Archdeacon of Llandaff
1965–1969		 Succeeded by
Gwynno James



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