Thomas Grimley (1821–1871) was an Irish-born priest and educator who served as Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa.
[2] He was ordained in 1846 by Archbishop Paul Cullen and then worked as a curate at St Paul's, Arran Quay, Dublin.
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.