John Hughes (bishop of Croydon)
John Taylor Hughes (12 April 1908 – 21 July 2001) was an
Anglican bishop
in the 20th century.
Hughes was educated firstly in
Bede College, University of Durham. He was ordained as a deacon at Michaelmas 1931 (26 September) at Auckland Castle[2] and as a priest in Advent the next year (18 December 1932) at Durham Cathedral — both times by Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham;[3] and was successively an assistant chaplain and tutor at his former college, a curate at Shildon and a vicar at West Hartlepool.[4] Returning to his home city in 1948, Hughes became the warden of Southwark Diocesan Retreat House and a missioner of Southwark Cathedral. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1956 at Westminster Abbey,[5] to serve as Bishop of Croydon (at that time, one of three suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Canterbury
), a position he held for over 20 years; additionally taking on the role of Bishop to the Armed Forces from 1966.
In 1964, Hughes published What difference does faith make?
References
- ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISBN 0-19-200010-1
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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