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Thomas Grimley (1821–1871) was an Irish-born priest and educator who served as Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa.
Grimley was born in Skerries, Dublin, [1] in 1821. [2] He was ordained in 1846 by Archbishop Paul Cullen and then worked as a curate at St Paul's, Arran Quay, Dublin.
In 1860 Grimley was ordained Titular Bishop of Antigonea and co-adjutor Bishop of Cape Town. In 1862 Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District, South Africa, succeeding Patrick Raymond Griffith OP, as bishop.[ citation needed]
Grimley established many schools and churches in South Africa. The first school for the deaf was established in 1863 by the Irish Dominican order and Grimley [3] and was known as the Dominican Grimley Institute for the Deaf. [4]
Grimley attended the First Vatican Council in 1869.[ citation needed]
He died in 1871. He was succeeded by another Irishman, John Leonard. [5]