Francis John Vaughan (5 May 1877 – 13 March 1935) was a

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who served as Bishop of Menevia from 1926 to 1935. Vaughan was born in Courtfield, Welsh Bicknor,

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. An uncle was Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster until 1903. Two other uncles from this traditionally Welsh recusant family served as bishops, one as Archbishop of Sydney. Vaughan was

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to the priesthood on 5 July 1903. He was appointed the

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of the

Diocese of Menevia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Wales. It is one of two suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cardiff. History On 12 May 1898, the Apos ...

by the

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on 21 June 1926. His

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to the

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took place on 8 September 1926, the principal consecrator was Archbishop Francis Mostyn of Cardiff, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop

Joseph Thorman Joseph Thorman (6 August 1871 – 7 October 1936) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1924 to 1936. Born in Gateshead, County Durham on 6 August 1871, he was ordained to the pri ...

of Hexham and Newcastle and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham. He was installed on 14 September 1926. He died in office at his Bishop's House in Wrexham on 13 March 1935, aged 57, and was buried in Wrexham Cemetery in Ruabon Road.

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Courtfield Estate Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, Francis John 1877 births 1935 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Wales People from Herefordshire Roman Catholic bishops of Menevia English bishops