Joshua Hughes (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Joshua Hughes (1807-1889) was Bishop of St Asaph, an Anglican diocese in Wales, United Kingdom. Hughes was educated at Cardigan and Ystradmeurig grammar schools and at St David's College, Lampeter (1828-30), where he was placed in the first class in the examinations every year and gained prizes for Latin and Welsh essays. After ordination he served curacies in Aberystwyth and Carmarthen before becoming the vicar of the nearby village of Abergwili in 1837. He then become the vicar of Llandovery (Llandingat) in 1846. During this time, he also returned to Lampeter to complete a second degree, a Bachelor of Divinity, in 1867. In 1870, William Ewart Gladstone was seeking to fill the vacant bishopric of St Asaph. One of his criteria was that the new bishop would be Welsh-speaking. After consulting with Connop Thirlwall, the position was offered to Hughes.