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Thomas Hughes

1895 – 1981

Welsh archdeacon

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Lived 1895 – 1981 (aged 86). Thomas Hughes was an anglican priest.

Thomas Maurice Hughes (17 April 1895 – 4 October 1981) was an eminent Welsh Anglican priest in the second half of the twentieth century: he was Archdeacon of Margam from 1960 to 1964; and Archdeacon of Llandaff 1964 to 1969; 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 1928 - 1931. He was Vicar of Cadoxton, Neath 1931 - 1937, then St Catherine, Cardiff 1937 - 1942, then Rector of Merthyr Tydfil 1942 - 1946. He was Vicar of St John the Baptist, Cardiff from 1946 to 1960; Canon and Precentor of Llandaff Cathedral during the same period; and Rural Dean of Cardiff from 1954 until his appointment as Rector of Llandow with Llysworney and Archdeacon of Margam.

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University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Lampeter Campus, Keble College
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Thomas Maurice Hughes

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Who was Thomas Hughes?

Welsh archdeacon

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Thomas Hughes was born on 17 April 1895.

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Thomas Hughes died on 4 October 1981.

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Thomas Hughes was an anglican priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Hughes

· Wikidata: Q16009596

· DBpedia: Thomas Hughes (bishop)

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