Alex Hughes (priest)
{{short description|British priest in the Church of England (born 1975)}}
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| type = Priest
| honorific-prefix = The Venerable Doctor
| name = Alex Hughes
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| title = Archdeacon of Cambridge
| church = Church of England
| diocese = Diocese of Ely
| term = 2014–present
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| ordination = 2000 (deacon)
2001 (priest)
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| birth_name = Alexander James Hughes
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|10|3}}
| birth_place = Honiara, Solomon Islands
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| nationality = British
| religion = Anglican
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| spouse = {{marriage|Sarah|1998}}
| children = Two
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Alexander James Hughes (born 3 October 1975) is a British priest in the Church of England. Since 2014, he has been the Archdeacon of Cambridge.
Early life and education
Alex was born in Honiara, the Solomon Islands, to John and Jill Hughes.{{cite web|title=Archdeacon of Cambridge: The Ven Dr Alex Hughes |url=http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/news_items/7Apr14.html |website=Diocese of Ely |accessdate=29 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004110358/http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/news_items/7Apr14.html |archivedate=4 October 2015 }}{{Who's Who | title=Hughes, Alexander James | id = U281781 | volume = 2016 | edition = November 2015 online | access-date = 24 July 2016 }} He grew up in South East England. He read theology at University then entered Westcott House, Cambridge to train for ordained ministry.{{Crockford| surname = Hughes | forenames = Alexander James | id = 9931 | accessed = 23 June 2018}}
Ordained ministry
Alex was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2000 and a priest in 2001. He served his curacy at Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry, Oxford. In 2003, he moved to the Diocese of Portsmouth, where he was Chaplain to Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth, then parish priest at St Luke's and St Peter's in Somerstown, Portsmouth. Since 2014, he has been Archdeacon of Cambridge in the Diocese of Ely and an honorary canon of Ely Cathedral.{{cite web|title=New Canons Admitted and Installed at Ely Cathedral|url=http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/news_items/26Nov14.html|website=Diocese of Ely|accessdate=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004111340/http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/news_items/26Nov14.html|archive-date=4 October 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Six new Canons installed at Ely Cathedral|url=http://www.ely-news.co.uk/new-Canons-installed-Ely-Cathedral/story-24838495-detail/story.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=Ely News|date=28 November 2014}}
Personal life
In 1998, Alex married Sarah, a psychotherapist. They have two sons.{{cite web|title=Next Archdeacon of Cambridge appointed |url=http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/news_items/7Apr14.html |website=Diocese of Ely |accessdate=3 October 2015 |date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004110358/http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/news_items/7Apr14.html |archivedate=4 October 2015 }}
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Category:People educated at Priory School, Lewes
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford
Category:Alumni of St Edmund's College, Cambridge