Francis Vaughan

Who was Francis Vaughan?

Francis John Vaughan was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Menevia from 1926 to 1935.

Born at Courtfield, near Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire on 5 May 1877, he was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1903. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Menevia by the Holy See on 21 June 1926. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 8 September 1926, the principal consecrator was Archbishop Francis Mostyn of Cardiff, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Thorman of Hexham and Newcastle and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham. He was installed at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea on 14 September 1926.

He died in office on 13 March 1935, aged 57.