John Stephen Vaughan

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John Stephen Vaughan (1853–? ) was an English Roman Catholic bishop, brother of Bernard and Herbert Vaughan.

He was born at Courtfield, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, studied at St. Gregory's College, and at Bruges and Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1876. He spent three years in traveling, lecturing, and missionary work in Australia, then undertook parochial work in London, and in 1898 became canon of Westminster. Between 1890 and 1903, he organized free Catholic lectures in various public halls in London. In 1896, he became domestic prelate to the Papal Court, resided in Rome in 1904-07, and made a preaching tour in the United States and Canada. Created a bishop in 1909, he settled in Manchester, where after 1912 he was also rector of St. Bede's College.

[edit] His writings include

  • Concerning the Holy Bible (1904)
  • Dangers of the Day (1909)
  • The Purpose of the Papacy (1910)
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