Thomas Bonacum | |
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Bishop of Lincoln | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
Predecessor | Office established |
Successor | John Henry Tihen |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 18, 1870 by Joseph Melcher |
Consecration | November 30, 1887 by Peter Richard Kenrick |
Personal details | |
Born | Penane, County Tipperary, Ireland | January 29, 1847
Died | February 4, 1911 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | (aged 64)
Thomas Bonacum (January 29, 1847 – February 4, 1911) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska, serving from 1887 until his death in 1911.