:John Poole-Hughes

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File:Grave of John Poole-Hughes in Llandaff Cathedral churchyard, May 2020.jpg

John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes (8 August 1916 – 25 October 1988) was a Bishop of South-West Tanganyika and a Bishop of Llandaff.

He was born in Carmarthenshire, Wales to Canon W. W. Poole-Hughes and his wife,[https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1989-No.-75-The-Hertford-College-Magazine.pdf Hertford College Oxford website, Hertford College Magazine, Volume 75 (1989), page 45] and was educated at Uppingham School and Hertford College, Oxford. On graduation, he joined the Royal Artillery and fought in World War II; he was taken prisoner at Mersa Matruh in Egypt, but escaped to return to his unit.

After the war he studied at Wells Theological College and was ordained in 1948. After a curacy at St Michael and All Angels, Aberystwyth[http://www.stmikes.org.uk/ Church web site] he served as a missionary in East Africa rising to the rank of diocesan Bishop in Tanzania.“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} After serving as Assistant Bishop and as curate of Llantwit Major he was appointed to succeed Eryl Thomas as Bishop of Llandaff in 1975The Times, Wednesday, 10 December 1975; pg. 18; Issue 59574; col E Church news New Bishop of Llandaff and enthroned in the following year.

He contributed to the publication of Escape an episode in the life of John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, Bishop of South West Tanganyika, 1962-1974.[https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1500047072 Imperial War Museum website, Escape an episode in the life of John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, Bishop of South West Tanganyika, 1962-1974]

His diaries and letters are held at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F45363 National Archives website, Poole Hughes, John Richard Worthington, (1916-1988), Bishop of Llandaff]

He died in 1988; he left no wife or children.

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