Harry Thomas (bishop)
Harry Thomas was the Bishop of Taunton from 1945 until his death a decade later.[1] Born in 1897, he served in the Welsh Regiment during the First World War. After leaving the army, he attended the Knutsford Ordination Test School, and then St David's College, Lampeter.[2] He was ordinated deacon in 1923, and then priest in 1924. After further study at Oriel College, Oxford,[3] he spent a short time as a missionary in Zanzibar with Universities' Mission for Central Africa.[2] He then became a Lecturer at Ely Theological College, and then Archdeacon of Brisbane from 1938 to 1945.[2] An Anglo Catholic[4] he was taken ill in the summer of 1955 and died in hospital on 8 July 1955.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Obituary Bishop Of Taunton". The Times. No. 53269. London. 11 July 1955. col B, p. 13.
- ^ a b c "Right Reverend Harry Thomas | UWTSD". www.uwtsd.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Thomas, Rt Rev. Harry". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Wells Cathedral School Memories Site
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