David Thomas (bishop)

The Right Reverend
David Thomas
Provincial Assistant Bishop
Church Church in Wales
Province Wales
In office 1996 to 2008
Successor No successor appointed
Other posts Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford (1982–1987)
Orders
Consecration 1996
Personal details
Born 1942 (age 7374)

David Thomas (born 1942) is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop. From 1996 to 2008, he served as the Provincial Assistant Bishop of the Church in Wales.[1] In this role, he ministered to those who could not accept the ordination of women as priests.[2]

In the 1970s and 1980s, Thomas worked at St Stephen's House, Oxford, a Church of England theological college in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He was Vice-Principal from 1975 to 1979, and Principal from 1982 to 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "David Thomas". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 28 January 2016. (subscription required)
  2. Thomas, David. "A Noble Task". Theology Wales: the Ordination of Women to the Episcopate. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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