Pritchard Hughes

Pritchard Hughes by William Llewellyn.

Joshua Pritchard Hughes (13 February 1847 – 8 April 1938[1]) was Bishop of Llandaff from 1905 to 1931.[2]

Born into an ecclesiastical family[3] he was educated at Shrewsbury and Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1871. He was a curate in Neath from 1872 to 1877, vicar of Newcastle, Bridgend[4] and then Llantrisant[5] before his ordination to the episcopate.[6]

The Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' was selected by him and named in his honour.[7]

Memorial to Prichard Hughes in Llandaff Cathedral (1940) by Goscombe John[8] 

References

  1. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. ↑ Consecration Of BishopsThe Times Friday, Jun 02, 1905; pg. 4; Issue 37723; col D
  3. ↑ His father was the Right Reverend Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph from 1870 to 1889,
  4. ↑ Founder of St Theodore’s Church
  5. ↑ Llantrisant time line
  6. ↑ ”The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
  7. ↑ Bourne, Val (30 September 2013). "My dahlias are brightening up September". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Newman, John (1995), Glamorgan, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, p. 252
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by
Richard Lewis
Bishop of Llandaff
1971–1975
Succeeded by
Timothy Rees


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