Alex Hughes | |
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Archdeacon of Cambridge | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Ely |
In office | 2014–present |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2000 (deacon) 2001 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander James Hughes 3 October 1975 Honiara, Solomon Islands |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
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.
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, a state comprehensive in East Sussex, and then as a sixth-form scholar at 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]
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 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]
In 1998, Alex married Sarah. [2] She is a psychotherapist. They have two sons. [6]
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