Thomas Bloomer

Thomas Bloomer^[1] (14 July 1894 – 5 January 1984) was an English bishop. He was educated at the Royal School Dungannon^[2] and Trinity College, Dublin. He began his ministry as a curate at Carrickfergus.^[3] Later he was Vicar of St Mark's, Bath and then Vicar and Rural Dean of Barking before his ordination to the episcopate^[4] as Bishop of Carlisle.^[5] He was consecrated a bishop on St Luke's day (18 October) 1946, by Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, at York Minster; his brother, James Bloomer, then-Rector of Armagh, preached.^[6] He retired as bishop in 1966,^[7] and died on 5 January 1984.^[8]