Paul Vernon Hughes (born 4 August 1953)[1] is a British retired Anglican priest and the most recent Archdeacon of Bedford, in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans, 2003–2018.
He studied at Polytechnic of Central London for a Diploma in Urban Estates Management, and became a Residential Property Surveyor in 1974.
Liz trained at Cuddesdon (1981–1983) and is now a priest, an honorary canon of St Albans Cathedral, and Senior Chaplain at Luton Airport.
[3] Hughes was made deacon at Petertide 1982 (27 June)[4] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (3 July 1983) — both times by John Taylor, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.
[1] He then became parish priest of Boxmoor: first as priest-in-charge, then (from 1998) as vicar (a purely legal distinction); and served additionally as Rural Dean of Hemel Hempstead from 1996.