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John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes (8 August 1916 – 25 October 1988) was a Bishop of South-West Tanganyika and a Bishop of Llandaff.

He was born in Carmarthenshire, Wales to Canon W. W. Poole-Hughes and his wife,^[1] and was educated at Uppingham School and Hertford College, Oxford. On graduation, he joined the Royal Artillery and fought in World War II; he was taken prisoner at Mersa Matruh in Egypt, but escaped to return to his unit.^[1]

After the war he studied at Wells Theological College and was ordained in 1948. After a curacy at St Michael and All Angels, Aberystwyth^[2] he served as a missionary in East Africa^[3] rising to the rank of diocesan Bishop in Tanzania.^[4] After serving as Assistant Bishop and as curate of Llantwit Major he was appointed to succeed Eryl Thomas as Bishop of Llandaff in 1975^[5] and enthroned in the following year.

He contributed to the publication of Escape an episode in the life of John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, Bishop of South West Tanganyika, 1962-1974.^[6]

His diaries and letters are held at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.^[7]

He died in 1988; he left no wife or children.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Hertford College Oxford website, Hertford College Magazine, Volume 75 (1989), page 45
^ Church web site
^ Sinclair, J. B; Fenn, R. W. D (1992). Just the right man: a biography of the Rt Revd John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, 1916-1988. Kington, Herefordshire: Cadoc Books. ISBN 978-0-9516865-1-5.
^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ The Times, Wednesday, 10 December 1975; pg. 18; Issue 59574; col E Church news New Bishop of Llandaff
^ Imperial War Museum website, Escape an episode in the life of John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, Bishop of South West Tanganyika, 1962-1974
^ National Archives website, Poole Hughes, John Richard Worthington, (1916-1988), Bishop of Llandaff

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Leslie Stradling	Bishop of South-West Tanganyika 1962–1974	Succeeded by Joseph Willard Mlele
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Eryl Thomas	Bishop of Llandaff 1975–1985	Succeeded by Roy Davies

v t e Bishops of South-West Tanganyika
Leslie Stradling John Poole-Hughes Joseph Willard Mlele Michael Westall John Simalenga

v t e Bishops of Llandaff
High Medieval	Joseph Herewald Urban Uhtred Nicholas ap Gwrgant William de Saltmarsh Henry de Abergavenny William de Goldcliff Elias de Radnor William de Christchurch William de Burgh John de la Ware William de Radnor William de Braose Philip de Staunton
Late Medieval	John of Monmouth Alexander de Monmouth John de Egglescliffe John Paschal Rodger Cradock Thomas Rushhook William Bottlesham Edmund de Bromfield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Andrew Barret John Burghill Thomas Peverel John de la Zouche John Wells Nicholas Ashby John Hunden John Smith John Marshall John Ingleby
Early modern	Miles Salley George de Athequa Robert Holgate Anthony Kitchin Hugh Jones William Blethyn Gervase Babington William Morgan Francis Godwin George Carleton Theophilus Feild William Murray Morgan Owen Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Hugh Lloyd Francis Davies William Lloyd William Beaw John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Matthias Mawson John Gilbert Edward Cresset Richard Newcome John Ewer Jonathan Shipley Hon Shute Barrington Richard Watson Herbert Marsh William Van Mildert Charles Sumner Edward Copleston Alfred Ollivant Richard Lewis Joshua Pritchard Hughes
Church in Wales	Joshua Pritchard Hughes Timothy Rees John Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) Glyn Simon (Archbishop of Wales) Eryl Thomas John Poole-Hughes Roy Davies Barry Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) June Osborne Mary Stallard

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