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The Right Reverend Mesac Thomas (10 May 1816 – 15 March 1892) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.〔The Times, Friday, 13 March 1863; pg. 5; Issue 24505; col F ''University Intelligence. Oxford, March 12''〕〔"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889〕〔"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.〕〔 〕 Thomas was born in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Wales, to Welsh parents:〔(The Welsh in Australia )〕 his father was a John Thomas of Shrewsbury; and his mother was Elizabeth, ''née'' Williams〔 (daughter of Edward Williams, of Llwynyrhedydd). He was educated at Oswestry School,〔 Shrewsbury〔(Alphacrusis )〕 and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1840 and M.A. in 1843.〔 Ordained in 1840,〔Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 26 December 1840; Issue 4574.〕 he was a Curate at Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham〔The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 17 March 1892; pg. 5; Issue 21122. (3133 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.〕 before holding incumbencies at Tuddenham〔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〕 and Attleborough.〔Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, 7 June 1845; pg. 2; Issue 1139. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II〕 In 1851 he became Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society,〔 ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE .The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 24 March 1851; pg. 3; Issue 24113. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II 〕 a post he held for twelve years until his consecration as the inaugural Bishop of Goulburn in 1863.〔The Times, Thursday, 26 March 1863; pg. 14; Issue 24516; col E ''Consecration Of Bishops''〕 Thomas was consecrated on 25 March 1863 and installed on 8 April 1864. During his long incumbency〔(Anglican Historical Society )〕 he travelled widely within his diocese 〔(Mulwaree Historical Society )〕〔(Monaro Pioneers )〕 and oversaw the completion of the diocese’s cathedral〔(Cathedral website )〕 and a home for its future bishops.〔(Getaway )〕 Bishop Thomas married on 7 November 1843 Mary Campbell Hasluck,〔 the second daughter of Thomas Hinton Hasluck, of Handsworth, near Birmingham.〔 Thomas died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 15 March 1892.〔 In March 1892 his death (in office) was announced in British newspapers.〔The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 22 March 1892; Issue 23936 BORN 1816〕〔''Obituary For 1892'' The Times Saturday, 31 December 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33836; col A〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mesac Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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