Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein

Thomas Johann Nepomuk Kaspar, Count of Thun and Hohenstein (16 May 1737 – 7 October 1796) was the 72nd Bishop of Passau.

[1] Born in Trento, he was the son of a prince-bishop's court marshal and imperial secret councilor and chamberlain from the noble family of Thun und Hohenstein.

He was the most important official under the prince-bishop in the administration of the extended diocese, and lastly led the political business.

After his death, he was defeated by Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg in the bishop's election in 1783, and since then he has been the leader of the conservative camp in the cathedral chapter.

In his brief period of government, he promoted the expansion of the Hacklberg brewery and the woodcut on the Ilz as well as the Passau porcelain manufactory.