Thomas Edward Flynn was an English

English people

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 prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster

Bishop of Lancaster

The Bishop of Lancaster is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the Province of Liverpool, England.The diocese covers an area of and consists of the County of Cumbria together with the Hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness and Fylde in the north west of Lancashire...

 from 1939 to 1961.

Born in Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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 on 6 January 1880, he was ordained

Holy Orders

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 to the priesthood

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The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....

 on 13 June 1908. He was appointed the Bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

 of the Diocese of Lancaster by the Holy See

Holy See

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 on 12 June 1939. His consecration

Consecration

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 to the Episcopate

Episcopal polity

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 took place on 24 July 1939, the principal consecrator

Consecrator

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 was Cardinal William Godfrey, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Edward Myers, Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster and Joseph McCormack

Joseph McCormack

Joseph McCormack was an English prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1936 to 1958.Born on 17 May 1887, he was ordained to the priesthood on 11 August 1912. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle by the Holy See on 30 December...

, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.

He died in office on 3 November 1961, aged 81.