John Hugh Jones was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest, translator and tutor.

Life

Jones was born in May 1843 in Bala, Gwynedd

Bala, Gwynedd

Bala is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, and formerly an urban district of the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Bala Lake , 17 miles north-east of Dolgellau, with a population of 1,980...

, north Wales. After education at Bala grammar school, and some private tuition from the Anglican priest and antiquarian John Williams (Ab Ithel) , he matriculated

Matriculation

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 at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

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 in 1862. He did not complete his degree course as he joined the Roman Catholic Church on 18 October 1865. He then studied at St. Edmund's Theological College

St. Edmund's College, Ware

St Edmund's College is the oldest post-Reformation Roman Catholic school in England. It is an independent school in the British public school tradition set on in Ware, Hertfordshire. During two periods of its history, it has also incorporated a seminary....

 in Ware, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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 and at St Beuno's Jesuit College

St Beuno's

St Beuno's Ignatian Spirituality Centre, known locally as St Beuno's College is a grade II* listed building and Jesuit college in Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, Wales. It was the home of the Victorian poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins.- Origins :...

 in Tremeirchion

Tremeirchion

Tremeirchion is a small residential community in Denbighshire, Wales. It is located on the B5429 road, to the north east of Denbigh and to the west of St Asaph....

, Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

. He was ordained deacon and worked in Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...

 in 1871, preaching in both Welsh and English. He was then ordained priest in 1872 and served the town of Caernarvon until 1908, when he was moved to St Mary's College, Holywell

Holywell

Holywell is the fifth largest town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying to the west of the estuary of the River Dee.-History:The market town of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well surrounded by a chapel...

, Flintshire

Flintshire

Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...

as tutor in Welsh. During his life he translated into Welsh various religious writings, including hymns and a Prayer Book. He died in Holywell on 15 December 1910.