Mesac Thomas

Mesac Thomas (10 May 1816, Aberystwyth - 15 March 1892, Sydney) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.^[1][2][3][4]

Thomas was born to Welsh parents:^[5] his father was a John Thomas of Shrewsbury.^[6] He was educated at Shrewsbury^[7] and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1840 and M.A. in 1843.^[6] Ordained in 1840,^[8] he was a Curate at Bishop Ryder’s Church Birmingham^[9] before holding incumbencies at Tuddenham^[10] and Attleborough.^[11]

In 1851 he became Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society,^[12] a post he held for twelve years until his consecration as the inaugural Bishop of Goulburn in 1863.^[13] Thomas was consecrated on 25 March 1863 and installed on 8 April 1864. During his long incumbency^[14] he travelled widely within his Diocese ^[15][16] and oversaw the completion of the Diocese’s Cathedral^[17] and a home for its future Bishops.^[18] In March 1892 his death (in office) was announced in British newspapers.^[19][20]

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