John Taylor Hughes (12 April 190821 July 2001) was an Anglican

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in the 20th century. Hughes was educated firstly in

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and subsequently at Bede College, University of Durham. He was ordained as a deacon at

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1931 (26 September) at Auckland Castle and as a priest in Advent the next year (18 December 1932) at Durham Cathedral — both times by Hensley Henson,

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; and was successively an assistant chaplain and tutor at his former college, a curate at

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and a vicar at

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. Returning to his home city in 1948, Hughes became the

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of Southwark

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Retreat House and a missioner of

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. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1956 at

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, to serve as

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(at that time, one of three suffragan bishops in the

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), 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?''

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1908 births Alumni of the College of the Venerable Bede, Durham Archdeacons of Croydon Bishops of Croydon Bishops to the Forces 20th-century Church of England bishops 2001 deaths {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub