Edward Hughes (bishop)

Edward Thomas Hughes (November 13, 1920 – December 25, 2012) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey from 1987 to 1997.

[1] He attended West Philadelphia Catholic High School, and studied for the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook.

[1] Hughes was appointed the second Bishop of Metuchen in New Jersey on December 11, 1986, and was installed on February 5, 1987.

[3] Hughes continued to perform confirmations and celebrate Masses throughout the Diocese of Metuchen for many years after his retirement.

[4] In November 2020, a Vatican investigation into the case of defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick identified Hughes as one of three bishops who "provided inaccurate and incomplete information to the Holy See regarding McCarrick’s sexual conduct with young adults" when McCarrick was a candidate for the post of Archbishop of Washington in 2000,[5][6] though Hughes' conclusion was that it would be "unwise to consider the Archbishop for any promotion or additional honor".