The Venerable

Venerable

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  (Thomas) Hughie Jones was an eminent priest

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 in the second half of the 20th century.

Jones was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School

William Hulme's Grammar School

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 and the University of Wales

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. He was Warden

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 and Lecturer

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 at the Bible Training Institute, Glasgow

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 and Minister of the John Street Baptist Church, Glasgow

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 from 1949 to 1954. Moving to Leicestershire

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 he was Religious Education

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 specialist for the county's schools from 1955 to 1963 and then Senior Lecturer

Lecturer

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 in RE

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 at Leicester College of Education. He was Principal

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 of Hind Leys College

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 from 1975 to 1981. After this he was Rector

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 of The Langtons

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 and Stonton Wyville

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 from 1981 to 1986; and the seventh Archdeacon

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 of Loughborough

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 from then until 1992 (Emeritus

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since then).