Thomas Bullaker
English priest
Who they were
Thomas Bullaker, only son of a devout Catholic physician of Chichester, studied at St-Omer and Valladolid and became a Franciscan, ordained in 1628.
Imprisoned on landing at Plymouth, he then worked for nearly twelve years among the poor Catholics of London. Seized while celebrating Mass on 11 September 1642, he was executed at Tyburn on 12 October 1642.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle. The Catholic Encyclopedia records that his cause was introduced in Rome in 1900.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Franciscan who served London's poor and was taken at the altar.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Thomas Bullaker
- Wikidata Q7788018 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Bullaker (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.