Thomas Pilchard

Blessed

Thomas Pilchard
Portrait in the Chideock Martyrs Church in Chideock, England
Priest and Martyr
Born1557
Battle, Sussex
Died(1587-03-21)21 March 1587 (aged 29 - 30)
Dorchester
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified22 November 1987, Rome, Italy, by Pope John Paul II
Feast21 March, 22 November, 4 May

Thomas Pilchard (Pilcher) (born at Battle, Sussex, 1557; executed at Dorchester, 21 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987 as one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales, with whom he is commemorated on 4 May.