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Maxwell McNee "Max" Thomas [1] was an Australian Anglican bishop in the last third of the 20th century.
Born into an ecclesiastical family[2] on 23 August 1926 and educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney,[3] he was ordained in 1952 and served first as a curate at East Maitland. Later he was Priest in Charge then Rector of The Entrance, New South Wales.[4] After this he was a fellow and tutor at the General Theological Seminary, New York. He was a chaplain at the University of Melbourne from 1964 to 1968 and then the consultant theologian to the Archbishop of Melbourne. In 1975 he was ordained to the episcopate as the sixth Bishop of Wangaratta,[5] a post he held for a decade. His last post before retirement was as warden of his old college. He died in 2008.[6]
References
- ^ Cameron Genealogies
- ^ His father was the Rev. Charles Elliot Thomas sometime Vicar of Upper Clarence > Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
- ^ College archives
- ^ Crockford’s1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ NLA
- ^ Trinity Today
Anglican Communion titles Preceded by
Keith RaynerBishop of Wangaratta
1975–1985Succeeded by
Robert BealBishops of Wangaratta Thomas Armstrong • Stephen Hart • Thomas Armour • Theodore McCall • Keith Rayner • Max Thomas • Robert Beal • Paul Richardson • David Farrer • John Parkes
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