Alex Hughes (priest)
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The Venerable 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 | |
| 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) is a British priest in the Church of England. Since 2014, he has been the Archdeacon of Cambridge.
Hughes was born on 3 October 1975 in Honiara, the Solomon Islands, to John and Jill Hughes. He was brought up in England; in Southampton and in Seaford, East Sussex. He was educated at the Priory School, a state school in Lewes, East Sussex, and at Eton College, an all-boys public school in Eton, Berkshire. He studied theology at Greyfriars, Oxford, then a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1997. He spend the year following graduation working with the Parker Pen Company as a factory labourer.
It was during his undergraduate degree that Hughes felt a call to ordination. In 1998, he entered Westcott House, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry. During this time, he also undertook post-graduate study at St Edmund's College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1999. He later undertook further study at St Edmund's College and completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2011. His doctoral thesis was titled "The gospel of divine action: Oliver Chase Quick and the quest for a Christocentric metaphysic".
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