Joshua Pritchard Hughes

The Right Reverend

Joshua Pritchard Hughes

Bishop of Llandaff
J. Pritchard Hughes by William Llewellyn.
DioceseDiocese of Llandaff
In office1905–1931
PredecessorRichard Lewis
SuccessorTimothy Rees
Personal details
Born(1847-02-13)13 February 1847
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
Died8 April 1938(1938-04-08) (aged 91)
BuriedEridge, Sussex
NationalityWelsh
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJoshua Hughes
Margaret McKenny
EducationShrewsbury School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

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

Hughes was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Joshua Hughes (Bishop of St Asaph 1870–1889).[3] His older brother was the geologist Thomas McKenny Hughes. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1871. He was a curate in Neath from 1872 to 1877, vicar of Newcastle, Bridgend from 1878 to 1884 [4] and then Llantrisant from 1884 to 1905 [5] before his ordination to the episcopate.[6]

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

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. ^ "Consecration Of Bishops", The Times Friday, 2 June 1905; pg. 4; Issue 37723; col D
  3. ^ Havard, William Thomas. "Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ Founder of St Theodore’s Church
  5. ^ Llantrisant time line Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
  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