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Richard Thomas (bishop)
Richard Thomas (1880–1958) was an Anglican priest in Australia. He was the second Bishop of Willochra. 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. Religious life Thomas was ordained in 1909. He began his career with a curacy at St John Baptist, Coventry after which he emigrated to Australia to become a Bush Brother. From 1923 to 1925 he was Archdeacon of North Queensland "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 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 , HQ = Cardiff , Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974) , Origin= , Code = GLA , CodeName = Chapman code , Replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thomas, Anglican Bishop Of Willochra, 1926
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |