Thomas Shine KC*HS (12 February 1872 – 22 November 1955) was an Irish-born
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as the
Bishop of Middlesbrough
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The diocese covers an area of of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire together with ...
ordained
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to the priesthood on 29 June 1894. He was appointed
Coadjutor Bishop
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The coa ...
of
Middlesbrough
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and
Titular Bishop
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of ''Lamus'' on 12 April 1921. His
consecration
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to the
Episcopate
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took place on 29 June 1921, the principal
consecrator
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was Bishop
Richard Lacy
Richard Lacy (16 January 1841 – 11 April 1929) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Middlesbrough from 1879 to 1929.
Biography
Born in Navan, County Meath, Ireland on 16 January 1841, he wa ...
of Middlesbrough, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Cowgill of Leeds and Archbishop
Frederick Keating
Frederick William Keating (13 June 1859 – 7 February 1928) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served first as Bishop of Northampton from 1908 to 1921, then Archbishop of Liverpool from 1921 to 1928.
Biography
Born in Bir ...
of Liverpool. He preached the requiem mass for Mother Mary Loyola, the international bestselling author, with bishop Cowgill as the celebrant. On the death of Bishop Lacy on 11 April 1929, Shine automatically succeeded as the Bishop of Middlesbrough. He was appointed the personal title of archbishop on 19 January 1955.
His episcopal
motto
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was rare enough in
French
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: ''Briller sans bruler'', a wink to his last name 'Shine: 'shining not burning' - the elegant alliteration holds only in French.
Archbishop Shine died in office on 22 November 1955, aged 83.
Death
Thomas Shine, second bishop of Middlesbrough, died at the Sisters of Mercy Nursing Home at Whitby on 22 November 1955, in his 84th year. He had been a priest for 61 years, 34 years a bishop, and bishop of the Diocese of Middlesbrough for 26 years. He died as an archbishop, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, assistant at the Pontifical Throne, and Knight Commander of the Holy Sepulchre.