Thomas O'Shea SM (13 March 1870 – 9 May 1954) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington, Metropolitan of New Zealand. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. Notes References Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978 Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003. Nicholas Reid, James Michael Liston: A Life, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2006. Archbishop Thomas O'Shea SM, Catholic Hierarchy website (retrieved 12 February 2011) Roman Catholic archbishops of Wellington 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in New Zealand People educated at St. Patrick's College, Wellington 1870 births 1954 deaths New Zealand people of Irish descent People from San Francisco American emigrants to New Zealand American Roman Catholic archbishops American expatriate bishops New Zealand Roman Catholic archbishops