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Mesac Thomas

The Right Reverend Mesac Thomas was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

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The Right Reverend Mesac Thomas (10 May 1816 – 15 March 1892) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.1234

Thomas was born in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Wales, to Welsh parents:5 his father was a John Thomas of Shrewsbury;6 and his mother was Elizabeth, née Williams4 (daughter of Edward Williams, of Llwynyrhedydd).7 He was educated at Oswestry School,7 Shrewsbury8 and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1840 and M.A. in 1843.6 Ordained in 1840,9 he was a Curate at Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham10 before holding incumbencies at Tuddenham11 and Attleborough.12

In 1851 he became Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society,13 a post he held for twelve years until his consecration as the inaugural Bishop of Goulburn in 1863.14 Thomas was consecrated on 25 March 1863 and installed on 8 April 1864. During his long incumbency15 he travelled widely within his diocese1617 and oversaw the completion of the diocese's cathedral18 and a home for its future bishops.19 Bishop Thomas married on 7 November 1843 Mary Campbell Hasluck,4 the second daughter of Thomas Hinton Hasluck, of Handsworth, near Birmingham.7

Death

Thomas died at Bishopthorpe Manor20 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia on 15 March 1892 aged 75.721 In March 1892 his death (in office) was announced in British newspapers.2223

References

References

  1. The Times, Friday, 13 March 1863; pg. 5; Issue 24505; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, 12 March
  2. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. "A Goodly Heritage : A History of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn", William Chalmers, Second Bishop of Goulburn 1892-1901", The Southern Churchman. Vol.60, July 1962, pp.4-7.
  4. Thorn, Barbara. "Thomas, Mesac (1816–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  5. The Welsh in Australia
  6. "Thomas, Mesac (THMS836M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Thomas, Right Rev. Mesac" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  8. Alphacrusis Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 26 December 1840; Issue 4574.
  10. The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 17 March 1892; pg. 5; Issue 21122. (3133 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  11. The Bury and Norwich Post, and East Anglian (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, 5 July 1843; Issue 3184. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  12. Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, 7 June 1845; pg. 2; Issue 1139. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  13. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE .The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 24 March 1851; pg. 3; Issue 24113. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  14. The Times, Thursday, 26 March 1863; pg. 14; Issue 24516; col E Consecration of Bishops
  15. Anglican Historical Society Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  16. Mulwaree Historical Society Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  17. Monaro Pioneers
  18. Cathedral website Archived 16 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  19. "Getaway". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  20. Cross, E. T. "Goulburn House Names Past and Present" (PDF). Goulburn Mulwaree Library. Unknown. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  21. "THE BISHOP OE GOULBURN'S DEATH". Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954). 19 March 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  22. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 22 March 1892; Issue 23936 BORN 1816
  23. Obituary For 1892 The Times Saturday, 31 December 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33836; col A