Thomas Patrick Gilmartin was an Irish clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church.
12 Facts About Thomas Gilmartin
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Thomas Gilmartin served as Bishop of Clonfert from 1909 to 1918 and Archbishop of Tuam from 1918 to 1939.
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Thomas Gilmartin was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland on 18 May 1861, the son of Michael Gilmartin, Rinshiona, Castlebar.
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Thomas Gilmartin was educated at the Franciscan monastery boys school in Errew and at O'Dea's Academy in Castlebar.
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In 1891, Gilmartin served as Dean of Formation and Vice-President of St Patrick's College, Maynooth.
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Thomas Gilmartin was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Rome in 1905.
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Thomas Gilmartin was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Clonfert by the Holy See on 3 July 1909 and was consecrated on 13 February 1910 by the Most Reverend John Healy, Archbishop of Tuam.
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Thomas Gilmartin counseled his priests that whatever their personal political beliefs, they should not take an aggressive part on behalf of either side.
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Thomas Gilmartin was involved in the controversy over the appointment of Letitia Dunbar to the County Mayo librarianship in 1931.
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Thomas Gilmartin died in office on 14 October 1939, aged 78.
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Thomas Gilmartin wrote the Memoir of Primate Joseph Dixon in Healy's Centenary History of Maynooth in 1895.
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Thomas Gilmartin was a contributor to the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, the Irish Theological Quarterly, and the Catholic Encyclopedia.