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Elliot Griffin Thomas | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas | |
Archdiocese | Washington |
Diocese | Saint Thomas |
Appointed | October 30, 1993 |
Installed | December 12, 1993 |
Term ended | June 29, 1999 |
Predecessor | Seán Patrick O'Malley |
Successor | George V. Murry |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 6, 1986 by Seán Patrick O'Malley |
Consecration | December 12, 1993 by James Aloysius Hickey, Seán Patrick O'Malley, and Donald James Reece |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | July 15, 1926
Died | February 28, 2019 Timonium, Maryland, United States | (aged 92)
Motto | Emitte spiritum tuum |
Styles of Elliot Griffin Thomas | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Elliot Griffin Thomas (15 July 1926 – 28 February 2019) was an African-American Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Thomas.[1]