Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick was, along with Robert Clark, one of the first two British Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries to the Punjab.
Occupation
missionary
Died
1866
Overview
Thomas Henry Fitzpatrick (died 1866) was, along with Robert Clark, one of the first two British Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries to the Punjab.
Biography
He was educated in Law at Gray's Inn, but was converted to Christ when about to be called to the bar. He took a theological degree from Trinity College, Dublin, and became Curate at Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham. When the Punjab was opened for CMS Mission activities, he was sent as CMS missionary with Robert Clark to begin a mission in Punjab.
He married Anna Longridge Gooch, first wife, on 14 April 1851. On 1 July 1851, he sailed along with his wife and Robert Clark to India, and reached Kolkata(present Calcutta) on 13 October 1851. They moved from Calcutta to Punjab and were involved in missionary activities, including printing dictionaries, grammars, and starting schools. A first CMS mission station was founded in Amritsar in 1952—the foundation-stone of a church was laid on 24 May 1952.
