Thomas Maurice Hughes (17 April 1895 – 4 October 1981) was an eminent

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priest in the second half of the twentieth century: he was Archdeacon of Margam from 1960 to 1964; and

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1964 to 1969; and an

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from 1961 until 1970. He was educated at

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and

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; and ordained after wartime service in 1922. After a curacy in Port Talbot he was a Minor canon at Llandaff Cathedral 1928 - 1931. He was Vicar of Cadoxton, Neath 1931 - 1937, then St Catherine, Cardiff 1937 - 1942, then

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1942 - 1946. He was Vicar of St John the Baptist, Cardiff from 1946 to 1960; Canon and Precentor of Llandaff Cathedral during the same period; and Rural Dean of Cardiff from 1954 until his appointment as

of Llandow with Llysworney and

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of Margam.'HUGHES, Rt. Rev Thomas Maurice'
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1895 births 1981 deaths Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Archdeacons of Margam Archdeacons of Llandaff 20th-century bishops of the Church in Wales Bishops of Llandaff {{Wales-bio-stub