# Thomas Dease

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Irish Catholic bishop

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**Thomas Dease** was at one time [Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath](/source/Roman_Catholic_Bishop_of_Meath).

He was born in [Ireland](/source/Ireland) in 1568 and died in [Galway](/source/Galway) in 1651. He sprang from an ancient Irish family at one time possessing considerable landed property in [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan) and [County Westmeath](/source/County_Westmeath). In youth, he acquired some proficiency in the [Irish language](/source/Irish_language), in which language he wrote some [poems](/source/Poetry). Having determined to become a [priest](/source/Priest), he proceeded to [Paris](/source/Paris), where after [ordination](/source/Ordination) he spent the first years of his priesthood. During this time he became rector of the [Irish College in Paris](/source/Irish_College_in_Paris). Dease returned to Ireland in 1621, having been appointed [Bishop of Meath](/source/Bishop_of_Meath). [Thomas Messingham](/source/Thomas_Messingham) succeeded him as rector.[1]

He was consecrated the following year. In spite of persecution and penal laws, he continued loyal to [England](/source/England) and preached loyalty to his flock. He regarded with disfavour the [Confederation of Kilkenny](/source/Confederation_of_Kilkenny), and resisted all the arguments and entreaties of the primate to join it. This conduct brought him toleration, if not favour, from the Government, though it made him unpopular with his [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholicism) fellow-countrymen. And it especially annoyed the [nuncio](/source/Nuncio), [Giovanni Battista Rinuccini](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Rinuccini), who charged him with having sown the seeds of enmity between the Confederate generals [Thomas Preston](/source/Thomas_Preston%2C_1st_Viscount_Tara) and [Owen Roe O'Neill](/source/Owen_Roe_O'Neill). The news of Dease's death was therefore received, in 1648, by the nuncio with little regret. But the news turned out false, and the nuncio writing to Rome reported that the bishop still lived "to try the patience of the good".[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Chambers, Liam. "the Irish colleges in Paris", Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris](https://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/content/files/History-CCI-English.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [D'Alton, Edward. "Thomas Dease." The Catholic Encyclopedia](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660b.htm) Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 20 January 2019

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "[Thomas Dease](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Thomas_Dease)". *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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