Richard Thomas (bishop)
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Richard Thomas was the second Bishop of Willochra
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Born on 24 October 1881 he was educated at Monmouth Grammar School and 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
before his ordination to the episcopate.
Anglican Diocese of Willochra
The Anglican Diocese of Willochra covers a large area of northern and western South Australia. The diocese was created from the Diocese of Adelaide in 1915. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Port Pirie...
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Born on 24 October 1881 he was educated at Monmouth Grammar School and ordained in 1909. He began his career with a curacy
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...
at St John Baptist, Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
after which he emigrated to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
to become a Bush Brother. From 1923 to 1925 he was Archdeacon
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of North Queensland
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...
before his ordination to the episcopate.