John Hughes (archbishop)

John Joseph Hughes was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, serving between 1842 and his death in 1864. In 1841, he founded St. John's College, which would later become Fordham University.

24 June 1797

Born on the same birth date (24 June 1797): Paweł Strzelecki

Born on the same birth day (24 June): Anita Desai • David McTaggart • Johannes Wislicenus • Micah Richards • Mildred Ladner Thompson • Philippa of Hainault • Richard Timberlake • Stephan Endlicher

Born in the same month (June 1797): Hamilton Hume • José Trinidad Reyes • Paweł Strzelecki • Wilhelm Küchelbecker