Eryl Thomas

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Eryl Stephen Thomas (1910–2001) was a Bishop of Monmouth and a Bishop of Llandaff.

An Anglesey man, after education at St John's College, Oxford, Eryl Thomas served curacies and a vicarage (Risca) in East Wales and as Warden of a theological college before appointment as Dean of Llandaff in 1954.^[1] In this post he completed the restoration of the war-damaged cathedral begun under his predecessor Glyn Simon. He vigorously exposed an important case of misuse of funds in the Church in Wales, incurring thereby some ill-will. His sociability and opposition to the Sunday Closing legislation of public houses irritated Nonconformist abstentionists. Thomas played an important role in Jewish-Christian dialogue in the Cardiff area. A prominent representative of the Anglo-Catholic school he was renowned for his pastoral and preaching gifts. In 1968, he became Bishop of Monmouth and, in 1971, was translated to Llandaff. In 1975,^[2] in the context of a court case, where he had to pay a small fine, Thomas felt obliged to resign. However, Thomas went on to serve successfully for many years as Assistant Bishop in the diocese of Swansea and Brecon.

Thomas was ably supported by his wife, Jean, with whom he had four children.

Notes

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ The Times, Wednesday, Oct 29, 1975; pg. 2; Issue 59539; col D Bishop accused of indecency

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Alfred Edwin Morris	Bishop of Monmouth 1968–1971	Succeeded by Derrick Childs
Preceded by Glyn Simon	Bishop of Llandaff 1971–1975	Succeeded by John Poole-Hughes

v t e Bishops of Monmouth

Charles Green Gilbert Joyce Alfred Monahan Edwin Morris (Archbishop of Wales) Eryl Thomas Derrick Childs (Archbishop of Wales) Clifford Wright Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Dominic Walker

v t e Bishops of Llandaff

High Medieval	Joseph Herewald Urban Uhtred Nicholas ap Gwrgant William de Saltmarsh Henry de Abergavenny William de Goldcliff Elias de Radnor William de Christchurch William de Burgh John de la Ware William de Radnor William de Braose Philip de Staunton

Late Medieval	John de Monmouth Alexander de Monmouth John de Egglescliffe John Paschal Rodger Cradock Thomas Rushhook William Bottlesham Edmund Bromfeld Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Andrew Barret John Burghill Thomas Peverel John de la Zouche John Wells Nicholas Ashby John Hunden John Smith John Marshall John Ingleby

Early modern	Miles Salley George de Athequa Robert Holgate Anthony Kitchin Hugh Jones William Blethyn Gervase Babington William Morgan Francis Godwin George Carleton Theophilus Feild William Murray Morgan Owen Hugh Lloyd Francis Davies William Lloyd William Beaw John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Matthias Mawson John Gilbert Edward Cresset Richard Newcome John Ewer Jonathan Shipley Hon Shute Barrington Richard Watson

Late modern	Herbert Marsh William Van Mildert Charles Sumner Edward Copleston Alfred Ollivant Richard Lewis Pritchard Hughes Timothy Rees John Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) Glyn Simon (Archbishop of Wales) Eryl Thomas John Poole-Hughes Roy Davies Barry Morgan (Archbishop of Wales)

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Eryl
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1910
Place of birth
Date of death	2001
Place of death

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