Alex Hughes (priest)

Alexander James Hughes (born 1975) is a priest in the Church of England: the Archdeacon^[1] of Cambridge.^[2]

Hughes was educated at Greyfriars, Oxford, St Edmund's College, Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge ; and ordained in 2001. After a curacy at Headington Quarry he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Portsmouth from 2003 to 2008; and Priest in charge, then vicar, of St Luke, Portsea with St Peter, Somerstown from 2008 to 2013. He was notable for reaching out to his inner city community through holding services in tower blocks as well as the more traditional church services.^[3]

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Church of England titles
Preceded by John Stuart Beer	Archdeacon of Cambridge 2004-2014	Succeeded by Archdeacon-designate

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 (announced)

Diocese of Ely

Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely Bishop Woodford House

Office holders	The Bishop of Ely, Stephen Conway The Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon, David Thomson AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Ely, Mark Bonney The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech, Hugh McCurdy The Archdeacon of Cambridge, Alex Hughes

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106–ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915–c. 2002)