Dr. William A. Thomas is a Roman Catholic Theologian, Professor of
Mariology at Newman College Ireland, and Director of the Pope St. John
Paul II Institute of Marian Studies. Dr. Thomas studied metaphysics and
philosophy in the United States before receiving his Doctorate in Sacred
Theology (S.T.D.) from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
in Rome. He served as English Secretary to Bishop Van Lierde, OSA, the
Vicar General of His Holiness Pope Saint John Paul II, in the Apostolic
Palace. He is a custodian of the Sacred Relics of St. John Paul II,
which accompany him.