Younger brother of Father Leo Edward Hughes, he was born in Boston on August 13, 1898. He made his elementary and preparatory studies in his native city and followed his brother into the Dominican Order. He received the habit at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and there made profession on September 16, 1917. He pursued his studies in the Order at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, where he was ordained on June 14, 1923, in St. Dominic's church.
Being a gifted and responsive student, he early manifested interest in the history of the Church in America and the role the Order played in its development. His specialized studies at the Catholic University of America were completed in the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where he merited the doctorate in philosophy.
Assigned in 1926, to the recently established branch of the Studium Generale of St. Joseph's Province in River Forest, Illinois, Father Hughes began a career in teaching to which he was principally devoted for the remainder of his life. In recognition of these services, the Master General, Father Suarez, conferred on him the master's degree in sacred theology.
His qualities of mind and heart gave him a versatility and adaptability that enabled him to undertake with confidence and discharge with competence various offices and responsibilities in the Order. In addition to his teaching in the Studium at River Forest, he was Chaplain at Trinity High School, professor also at Rosary College and at DePaul University.
With the erection of the Province of St. Albert the Great, he transfiliated to the new Province. He was successively appointed sub-prior at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, superior and pastor of St. Dominic's, Denver, Colorado, professor at Loras College, Dubuque, and director also of the Loras students who were candidates for entrance into the Order. When the novitiate was transferred to the new Priory of St. Peter Martyr, Winona, Minnesota, he was appointed its first prior. Subsequently he taught in Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan, Our Lady of the Plains, Dodge City, Kansas, and served as chaplain and Professor in St. Dominic's College, St. Charles, Illinois. There he died rather suddenly on October 30, 1965, and his body was interred in the Dominican plot in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Being a gifted and responsive student, he early manifested interest in the history of the Church in America and the role the Order played in its development. His specialized studies at the Catholic University of America were completed in the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where he merited the doctorate in philosophy.
Assigned in 1926, to the recently established branch of the Studium Generale of St. Joseph's Province in River Forest, Illinois, Father Hughes began a career in teaching to which he was principally devoted for the remainder of his life. In recognition of these services, the Master General, Father Suarez, conferred on him the master's degree in sacred theology.
His qualities of mind and heart gave him a versatility and adaptability that enabled him to undertake with confidence and discharge with competence various offices and responsibilities in the Order. In addition to his teaching in the Studium at River Forest, he was Chaplain at Trinity High School, professor also at Rosary College and at DePaul University.
With the erection of the Province of St. Albert the Great, he transfiliated to the new Province. He was successively appointed sub-prior at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, superior and pastor of St. Dominic's, Denver, Colorado, professor at Loras College, Dubuque, and director also of the Loras students who were candidates for entrance into the Order. When the novitiate was transferred to the new Priory of St. Peter Martyr, Winona, Minnesota, he was appointed its first prior. Subsequently he taught in Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan, Our Lady of the Plains, Dodge City, Kansas, and served as chaplain and Professor in St. Dominic's College, St. Charles, Illinois. There he died rather suddenly on October 30, 1965, and his body was interred in the Dominican plot in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Younger brother of Father Leo Edward Hughes, he was born in Boston on August 13, 1898. He made his elementary and preparatory studies in his native city and followed his brother into the Dominican Order. He received the habit at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and there made profession on September 16, 1917. He pursued his studies in the Order at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, where he was ordained on June 14, 1923, in St. Dominic's church.
Being a gifted and responsive student, he early manifested interest in the history of the Church in America and the role the Order played in its development. His specialized studies at the Catholic University of America were completed in the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where he merited the doctorate in philosophy.
Assigned in 1926, to the recently established branch of the Studium Generale of St. Joseph's Province in River Forest, Illinois, Father Hughes began a career in teaching to which he was principally devoted for the remainder of his life. In recognition of these services, the Master General, Father Suarez, conferred on him the master's degree in sacred theology.
His qualities of mind and heart gave him a versatility and adaptability that enabled him to undertake with confidence and discharge with competence various offices and responsibilities in the Order. In addition to his teaching in the Studium at River Forest, he was Chaplain at Trinity High School, professor also at Rosary College and at DePaul University.
With the erection of the Province of St. Albert the Great, he transfiliated to the new Province. He was successively appointed sub-prior at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, superior and pastor of St. Dominic's, Denver, Colorado, professor at Loras College, Dubuque, and director also of the Loras students who were candidates for entrance into the Order. When the novitiate was transferred to the new Priory of St. Peter Martyr, Winona, Minnesota, he was appointed its first prior. Subsequently he taught in Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan, Our Lady of the Plains, Dodge City, Kansas, and served as chaplain and Professor in St. Dominic's College, St. Charles, Illinois. There he died rather suddenly on October 30, 1965, and his body was interred in the Dominican plot in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Being a gifted and responsive student, he early manifested interest in the history of the Church in America and the role the Order played in its development. His specialized studies at the Catholic University of America were completed in the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where he merited the doctorate in philosophy.
Assigned in 1926, to the recently established branch of the Studium Generale of St. Joseph's Province in River Forest, Illinois, Father Hughes began a career in teaching to which he was principally devoted for the remainder of his life. In recognition of these services, the Master General, Father Suarez, conferred on him the master's degree in sacred theology.
His qualities of mind and heart gave him a versatility and adaptability that enabled him to undertake with confidence and discharge with competence various offices and responsibilities in the Order. In addition to his teaching in the Studium at River Forest, he was Chaplain at Trinity High School, professor also at Rosary College and at DePaul University.
With the erection of the Province of St. Albert the Great, he transfiliated to the new Province. He was successively appointed sub-prior at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, superior and pastor of St. Dominic's, Denver, Colorado, professor at Loras College, Dubuque, and director also of the Loras students who were candidates for entrance into the Order. When the novitiate was transferred to the new Priory of St. Peter Martyr, Winona, Minnesota, he was appointed its first prior. Subsequently he taught in Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan, Our Lady of the Plains, Dodge City, Kansas, and served as chaplain and Professor in St. Dominic's College, St. Charles, Illinois. There he died rather suddenly on October 30, 1965, and his body was interred in the Dominican plot in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
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