Thomas Flanagan (bishop)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Thomas Joseph Flanagan
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana
Archdiocese	San Antonio
Appointed	January 5, 1998
Installed	February 16, 1998
Term ended	December 5, 2005
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana
Orders
Ordination	June 10, 1956
Consecration	February 16, 1998 by Patrick Flores, Edmond Carmody, and John E. McCarthy
Personal details
Born	(1930-10-23) October 23, 1930 Rathmore, Ireland
Motto	For Christ we are ambassadors

Styles of Thomas Joseph Flanagan

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Thomas Joseph Flanagan (born 23 October 1930) is the retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio in the United States. He was born in Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland.

Early life and education

Thomas Flanagan is the oldest of eight children born to Patrick and Mary McNamara Flanagan.^[1] He studied at St. Patrick's College, Thurles, and was ordained a priest on 10 June 1956 for the Diocese of San Antonio. Flanagan served in eight parishes and also as spiritual advisor of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, Chairman of the Board of the archdiocese's Assumption Seminary, as well as diocesan chapter chaplain for its Knights of Columbus.^[1] Following further study he was awarded a Masters of Divinity from the Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio in 1979.

On 5 January 1998 he was appointed Titular Bishop for Bavagaliana and Auxiliary Bishop for his home diocese by Pope John Paul II.^[2]^[3] Flanagan was consecrated a bishop on 16 February 1998. His Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Patrick Flores. Flanagan's principal co-consecrators were Bishop Edmond Carmody, and Bishop John McCarthy.

Flanagan retired on 15 December 2005 at the age of seventy-five.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Joseph Anthony Galante	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio 1998–2005^[1]	Succeeded by Oscar Cantú

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio
Ordinaries	Bishops Anthony Dominic Pellicer John Neraz John Anthony Forest John Shaw Arthur Jerome Drossaerts Robert Emmet Lucey Francis James Furey Patrick Flores José Horacio Gómez Gustavo García-Siller Auxiliary Bishops Stephen Aloysius Leven Patrick Flores Hugo Mark Gerbermann Raymundo Joseph Peña Charles Victor Grahmann Ricardo Ramírez Bernard Ferdinand Popp Edmond Carmody Joseph Anthony Galante John Yanta Thomas Flanagan Patrick Zurek Oscar Cantú Michael Joseph Boulette
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of San Fernando
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