David Thomas (bishop)


David Thomas
Provincial Assistant Bishop
ChurchChurch in Wales
ProvinceWales
In office1996 to 2008
SuccessorNo successor appointed
Other post(s)Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford (1982–1987)
Orders
Ordination1967 (deacon)
1968 (priest)
Consecration21 December 1996
Personal details
Born(1942-07-22)22 July 1942
Bangor, Wales
Died11 May 2017 (aged 74)
West Cross, Swansea, Wales
NationalityWelsh
DenominationAnglicanism

David Thomas (22 July 1942 – 11 May 2017) was a 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]

  1. ^ "David Thomas". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ Thomas, David. "A Noble Task". Theology Wales: the Ordination of Women to the Episcopate. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.