Serie 85 - Wilfred William Henry Thomas correspondence

First Bishop of Brandon.

Born in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1875, Wilfred William Henry Thomas was educated in Burgh and Canterbury, and ordained deacon in 1898. He was then curate of Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton until 1899, when he was ordained priest in Smith's Falls. He became rector of St. Luke's Church in Winnipeg until 1901, when he moved to Selkirk, Manitoba to be rector there. He remained in this post until 1916. That year, he became archdeacon of Eastern Manitoba. He was consecrated bishop of Brandon in 1924, which he held until his resignation in 1950. He passed away in 1953. Thomas received an honrourary D.D. from St. John's College, Winnipeg, in 1923.