Thomas Grimley
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Thomas Grimley (1821–1871) was an Irish-born priest and educator who served as Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa.
Grimley was born in Skerries, Dublin,[1] in 1821.[2] He was ordained in 1846 by Archbishop Paul Cullen and then worked as a curate at St Paul's, Arran Quay, Dublin.
In 1860 Grimley was ordained Titular Bishop of Antigonea and co-adjutor Bishop of Cape Town. In 1862 Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District, South Africa, succeeding Patrick Raymond Griffith OP, as bishop.[citation needed]
Grimley established many schools and churches in South Africa. The first school for the deaf was established in 1863 by the Irish Dominican order and Grimley[3] and was known as the Dominican Grimley Institute for the Deaf.[4]
Grimley attended the First Vatican Council in 1869.[citation needed]
He died in 1871. He was succeeded by another Irishman, John Leonard.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ A Skerries Bishop - Paper 020 - Lecture – 1949, by Halpin, Paddy, Published – Time & Tide Vol 1, Paper also in the Nat. Library – P. 7632.
- ^ Bishop Thomas Grimley Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ History Dominican-Grimley School, official website
- ^ The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia edited by Genie Gertz, Patrick Boudreault.
- ^ Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town South Africa www.gcatholic.org