Thomas Grace (California)
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Thomas Grace (August 2, 1841 – December 27, 1921) was the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, in Sacramento, California.
Thomas Grace was born in Wexford, Ireland. He was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford and All Hallows Missionary College, Dublin. Grace was ordained a priest on June 24, 1876 for the American missions. He was the pastor of several churches in Eureka, California, Carson City, Nevada and Marysville Grace dedicated St. Mary of the Lake Church in Nevada on the Feast of the Assumption, 1881. Eventually, Grace became the pastor of the pro-cathedral, Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church, whose land was donated by the first governor of California, Peter Burnett.
On February 27, 1896, Pope Leo XIII appointed Grace Bishop of the Sacramento Diocese. He was ordained on June 16, 1896 by Archbishop Patrick William Riordan. He was the principal co-consecrator of Bishops Libert H. Boeynaems, Joseph Sarsfield Glass, his successor, Patrick Joseph James Keane and then-Bishop John Joseph Cantwell.
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