sentences:  After his ordination, he taught at St. James High School in Chester and later served as superintendent of Catholics schools from 1961 until 1970, when he was named pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Secane.On June 14, 1976 Hughes was appointed auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia and titular bishop of "Segia" by Pope Paul VI.He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 21 from Cardinal John Krol, with Bishops Gerald Vincent McDevitt and John Joseph Graham serving as co-consecrators.