His Excellency, The Most Reverend Daniel Edward Thomas |
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Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Cleveland |
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Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Cincinnati |
Diocese | Toledo |
Appointed | August 26, 2014 |
Installed | October 22, 2014 |
Predecessor | Leonard Paul Blair |
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Ordination | May 18, 1985 by John Krol |
Consecration | July 26, 2006 by Justin Francis Rigali, John Patrick Foley, and Edwin Frederick O'Brien |
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Born |
Manayunk, Pennsylvania |
June 11, 1959
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia |
Motto |
DOMINUS MEUS ET DEUS MEUS (My Lord and My God) |
Styles of Daniel Edward Thomas |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Daniel Edward Thomas (born June 11, 1959) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. Since 2014 he has served as the eighth bishop of Toledo, Ohio.
Thomas was born in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Francis and Anna (née Weber) Thomas. He graduated from Roman Catholic High School in 1977, and then attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Krol on May 18, 1985, and then served as parochial vicar of Saint Joseph's Church in Aston.
In 1987, Thomas undertook graduate studies in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, earning his Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1989. He was an official of the Congregation for Bishops in the Roman Curia from 1990 to 2005, whilst concurrently serving as spiritual director to the seminarians of the North American College.