Thomas Stewart (Catholic bishop)

Thomas Stewart (1925-30 October 1994)[1] was an Irish Columban priest, who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chunchon in South Korea from 1966 until 1994.

Styles of
Thomas Stewart
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Stewart was born in 1925 in Woodford, County Galway, Ireland.[2] He was ordained a priest in 1950 for the Missionary Society of St. Columban, and went to South Korea in 1954. He served as Vicar General in the Chunchon Diocese before being elevated in 1966 to Bishop.[citation needed]

For health reasons, Stewart retired in May 1994. He died a few months later in Ireland of a heart attack.[3]

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