Thomas Thirlby | |
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| Bishop of Ely | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Ely |
| In office | 1554–1559 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Goodrich |
| Successor | Richard Cox |
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| Orders | |
| Consecration | 19 December 1540 by Edmund Bonner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1506 |
| Died | 26 August 1570 (aged c. 64) Lambeth Palace |
| Buried | St Mary's Church, Lambeth |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | John and Joan Thirleby |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Thomas Thirlby (or Thirleby; c. 1506–1570), was the first and only bishop of Westminster (1540–50), and afterwards successively bishop of Norwich (1550–54) and bishop of Ely (1554–59). While he acquiesced in the Henrician schism, with its rejection in principle of the Roman papacy, he remained otherwise loyal to the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church during the English Reformation.