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His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland and the East''' is a [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishop]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]].
==Life==
Of Arab-American extraction, Bp. Thomas hails originally from Paterson, New Jersey. Before his consecration in Damascus, Syria, to the episcopacy on [[December 5]], 2004, Thomas served as a public school teacher and also as a youth minister and [[priest]] at [[parish]]es of the Antiochian Archdiocese in several locations, including St. Petersburg, Florida, and Houston, Texas.
Bp. Thomas was enthroned as Bishop of Oakland and the East at St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh (Borough of Oakland), Pennsylvania, on [[May 6]], 2005. His Grace's residence is at the [[Antiochian Village]] in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where he served as one of the original camp counselors in the late 1970's.
==External links==
*[http://www.antiochian.org/Regions/eastern.html Diocese of Oakland and the East]
*[http://www.antiochian.org/1105462907 The Road From Damascus: A Report from the Delegation to Damascus to Consecrate Three New Bishops for North America] (at which Bp. Thomas was consecrated), by Fr. [[John Oliver]]
*[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05126/500000.stm Bishop of Oakland, East to be enthroned tonight], from the [http://www.post-gazette.com/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] ([[May 6]], 2005)
*[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05105/488629.stm Antiochian Orthodox bishop will be enthroned], from the [http://www.post-gazette.com/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] (April 15, 2005)
[[Category:Bishops]]
==Life==
Of Arab-American extraction, Bp. Thomas hails originally from Paterson, New Jersey. Before his consecration in Damascus, Syria, to the episcopacy on [[December 5]], 2004, Thomas served as a public school teacher and also as a youth minister and [[priest]] at [[parish]]es of the Antiochian Archdiocese in several locations, including St. Petersburg, Florida, and Houston, Texas.
Bp. Thomas was enthroned as Bishop of Oakland and the East at St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh (Borough of Oakland), Pennsylvania, on [[May 6]], 2005. His Grace's residence is at the [[Antiochian Village]] in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where he served as one of the original camp counselors in the late 1970's.
==External links==
*[http://www.antiochian.org/Regions/eastern.html Diocese of Oakland and the East]
*[http://www.antiochian.org/1105462907 The Road From Damascus: A Report from the Delegation to Damascus to Consecrate Three New Bishops for North America] (at which Bp. Thomas was consecrated), by Fr. [[John Oliver]]
*[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05126/500000.stm Bishop of Oakland, East to be enthroned tonight], from the [http://www.post-gazette.com/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] ([[May 6]], 2005)
*[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05105/488629.stm Antiochian Orthodox bishop will be enthroned], from the [http://www.post-gazette.com/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] (April 15, 2005)
[[Category:Bishops]]
