John Pugh (priest)

John Richards Pugh (18 May 1885 – 4 December 1961) was Archdeacon of Carmarthen from 1950 until 1960.[1]

Pugh was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1908.[2] After curacies in Penygraig, Llanwonno and Nantymoel he held incumbencies in Llwynypia, Merthyr Tydfil and Carmarthen. He was a Canon Residentiary at St David's Cathedral from 1948.[3]

  1. ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 05, 1961; pg. 17; Issue 55256
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-1930 London, OUP, 1919 p1054
  3. ^ ‘PUGH, Rev. Canon John Richards’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 10 Aug 2013