John Worthington Poole-Hughes (8 August 1916 - 25 October 1988) was a Bishop of South-West Tanganyika and a Bishop of Llandaff.
Educated at Uppingham School and Hertford College, Oxford after wartime service with the Royal Artillery he was ordained in 1948. After a curacy at St Michael and All Angels, Aberystwyth[1] he served as a missionary in East Africa[2] rising to the rank of diocesan Bishop in Tanzania[3]. After serving as Assistant Bishop he was appointed to succeed Bishop Eryl Stephen Thomas as Bishop of Llandaff in 1975[4] and enthroned in the following year.
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Preceded by Leslie Edward Stradling |
Bishop of South-West Tanganyika 1962–1974 |
Succeeded by Joseph Willard Mlele |
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Preceded by Eryl Stephen Thomas |
Bishop of Llandaff 1976–1985 |
Succeeded by Roy Thomas Davies |
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