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Jack Thomas (bishop)

The Right Reverend
Jack Thomas
Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
Church Church in Wales
Diocese Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
In office 1958 to 1976
Predecessor Glyn Simon
Successor Benjamin Vaughan
Personal details
Birth name John James Absalom Thomas
Born (1908-05-17)17 May 1908
Died 27 February 1995(1995-02-27) (aged 86)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglicanism

John James Absalom "Jack" Thomas (17 May 1908–27 February 1995) was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1958 until 1976.

Thomas was educated at the University of Aberystwyth and Keble College, Oxford, and was ordained in 1932. He held curacies at Llancaiach and Sketty after which he was the Bishop’s Messenger and Examining Chaplain for the Swansea diocese. He was then of Church Hostel, Bangor, and a lecturer at the University College of North Wales until 1944. Following this he was Vicar of Swansea and then Archdeacon of Gower - before being enthroned as Bishop of Swansea and Brecon on 2 February 1958. He retired in 1976.



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