Mesac Thomas

The Right Reverend Mesac Thomas (10 May 1816 – 15 March 1892) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

Thomas was born in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Wales, to Welsh parents: his father was a John Thomas of Shrewsbury; and his mother was Elizabeth, née Williams He was educated at Oswestry School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1840 and M.A. in 1843. he was a Curate at Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham before holding incumbencies at Tuddenham and Attleborough.

In 1851 he became Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society, a post he held for twelve years until his consecration as the inaugural Bishop of Goulburn in 1863. Thomas was consecrated on 25 March 1863 and installed on 8 April 1864. During his long incumbency he travelled widely within his diocese and oversaw the completion of the diocese's cathedral and a home for its future bishops. Bishop Thomas married on 7 November 1843 Mary Campbell Hasluck, in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia on 15 March 1892 aged 75. In March 1892 his death (in office) was announced in British newspapers.