Richard Thomas (bishop)

Richard Thomas (1880–1958) was an Anglican priest in Australia. He was the second Bishop of Willochra.[1][2]

Richard Thomas, Anglican Bishop of Willochra, 1926

Early life

Thomas was born on 24 October 1880 at Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, the son of railway clerk Daniel Thomas, and his wife Jane, (née Griffiths). He was educated at Monmouth Grammar School.[2]

Religious life

Thomas was ordained in 1909.[3] He began his career with a curacy at St John Baptist, Coventry[4] after which he emigrated to Australia to become a Bush Brother. From 1923 to 1925 he was Archdeacon of North Queensland [5] before his ordination to the episcopate of Willochra.

Later life

On 16 April 1958, while in England to attend the Lambeth Conference, Thomas died at Grays Thurrock, Essex. He was buried at Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales.[2]

References
  1. "Welcome to the Diocese of Willochra". 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. Bruce, Rosier (1990). "Thomas, Richard (1880–1958)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 4 August 2016 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. ”The Clergy List London, Kelly’s, 1913
  4. Church web site
  5. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Gilbert White		 Bishop of Willochra
1926 –1958		 Succeeded by
Thomas Edward Jones


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