Alex Hughes (priest)

Alex Hughes
The Venerable; Alex Hughes
	Archdeacon of Cambridge
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Ely
In office	2014–present
Orders
Ordination	2000 (deacon); 2001 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Alexander James Hughes
Born	3 October 1975; Honiara, Solomon Islands
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Sarah (m. 1998)
Children	Two
Education	Priory School, Lewes; Eton College
Alma mater	Greyfriars, Oxford; Westcott House, Cambridge; St Edmund's College, Cambridge

Alexander James Hughes (born 3 October 1975)[1] 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.[2][1] He grew up in Southampton and Seaford, England, and was educated at Lewes Priory and Eton College .[2][1] He read theology at Oxford University then entered Westcott House, Cambridge to train for ordained ministry.[3] He also completed an MPhil and PhD at St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[3]

Ordained ministry

Alex was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2000 and a priest in 2001.[3] He served his curacy at Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry, Oxford.[2][1] In 2003, he moved to the Diocese of Portsmouth, where he was Domestic 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.[4][5]

Personal life

In 1998, Alex married Sarah.[2] She is a psychotherapist. They have two sons.[6]

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References

"Hughes, Alexander James". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 July 2016. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Archdeacon of Cambridge: The Ven Dr Alex Hughes". Diocese of Ely. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
"Alexander James Hughes". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"New Canons Admitted and Installed at Ely Cathedral". Diocese of Ely. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
"Six new Canons installed at Ely Cathedral". Ely News. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
"Next Archdeacon of Cambridge appointed". Diocese of Ely. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Beer	Archdeacon of Cambridge 2014–present	Incumbent

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[ww-1] "Hughes, Alexander James". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 July 2016. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[bio_-_Diocese_of_Ely-2] "Archdeacon of Cambridge: The Ven Dr Alex Hughes". Diocese of Ely. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[crockford-3] "Alexander James Hughes". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[4] "New Canons Admitted and Installed at Ely Cathedral". Diocese of Ely. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

[5] "Six new Canons installed at Ely Cathedral". Ely News. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

[6] "Next Archdeacon of Cambridge appointed". Diocese of Ely. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

Archdeacons of Ely and of Cambridge
High Medieval (Ely)	Nicholas William Brito William of Lavington Richard FitzNeal Richard Barre Stephen Ridel Adam de Tilneia Giles Robert of Leicester Nicholas of Ely John de Balsham Ralph Walpole John de Oseville Ralph de Foderingeye
Late Medieval (Ely)	Adam Ralph de Fodringhey (again) William Cardinal de Testa Gilbert de Bruer Richard de Bentworth John de Ufford Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte Stephen de Ketelbergh Bernard de Caulason James de Beaufort Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona Androynus Cardinal de la Roche Edward Burnell John Crischirch Thomas de Pattesele Thomas Dalby Thomas Ferriby Richard Clifford Adam Mottrum John Welbourne John Metford Richard Wetheryngesete John Stokes Richard Bole Richard Robinson Thomas Morton
Modern (Ely)	Thomas Alcock Nicholas Hawkins Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Henry Cole John Boxall John Warner Robert Wisdom John Parker John Palmer Robert Tinley Daniel Wigmore Edmund Mapletoft Bernard Hale Thomas Wren Barnabas Oley William Saywell Richard Bentley Robert Eyton Charles Plumptre Richard Watson Henry Browne Charles Hardwick William Emery William Cunningham Horace Price William MacKennal Herbert Kirkpatrick Michael Carey John Long David Walser Jeffrey Watson John Beer (retitled Archdeacon of Cambridge)
Cambridge	John Beer (previously Archdeacon of Ely) Alex Hughes

Diocese of Ely
Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely (since 1941) Bishop Woodford House Bishop's Palace, Ely (15th century – 1941) Ely Palace, Holborn (1290–1772) Ely House, Mayfair (1776–1908)
Office holders	Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely Dagmar Winter, Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Mark Bonney, Dean of Ely Hugh McCurdy, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106 – ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914; moved to Diocese of St Albans) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915 – c. 2004; merged into Huntingdon {& Wisbech})