John Vaughan (bishop)
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Orders | |
Ordination | 5 June 1876 by Herbert Vaughan |
Consecration | 15 August 1909 by Francis Bourne |
Personal details | |
Born | John Stephen Vaughan 24 January 1853 Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England |
Died | 4 December 1925 Great Harwood, Lancashire, England | (aged 72)
Buried | Great Harwood |
John Stephen Vaughan (24 January 1853 – 4 December 1925) was an English
Vaughan.Early life
Vaughan was born 24 January 1853 at Courtfield, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, England the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Vaughan, of an old recusant (Roman Catholic) family, the Vaughans of Courtfield, Herefordshire. His mother, Eliza Rolls from The Hendre, Monmouthshire, was a Catholic convert and intensely religious. All five of the Vaughan daughters became nuns, while six of the eight sons took Holy Orders and became priests. John Vaughan studied at St. Gregory's College, and at the English College Bruges, then finally at Rome, before being ordained priest 4 June 1876 at Salford Cathedral by his brother Bishop Herbert Vaughan.
Career
Immediately after ordination Fr Vaughan was appointed to the staff of the recently opened St. Bede's College as Professor of Mathematics, however he resigned in November of that same year following a breakdown in health and was invited by his brother Bishop Roger Vaughan to come and undertake Missionary work in Australia. He returned to England in July 1879 and rejoined the staff of St Bede's in his former role as Professor of Mathematics, where he remained until July 1886.
In 1886, Fr Vaughan was invited by his brother Fr Kenelm Vaughan to join him at his new venture 'The House of Expiation' in
In 1909, Monsignor Vaughan returned to England and was sent back to the
Published works
- Thoughts for all times (1899)
- Concerning the Holy Bible (1904)
- Dangers of the Day (1909)
- The Purpose of the Papacy (1910)
- Sermons For All the Sundays, and for the Chief Feasts Throughout the Year (1919)
Bibliography
- "Auxiliary Bishops: Bishop John Vaughan 1909 - 1925". Former Bishops of Salford. The Diocese of Salford. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- "Bishop John Stephen Vaughan". Catholic-Hierarchy. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- "Death Index: Vaughan, John S." FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 23 November 2011.