Bishop Eugene Sweeney †

Deceased

Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1592¹		Born
18 Sep 1629	37.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
12 Mar 1634	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
18 Oct 1669	77.7	Died	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Eugene Sweeney
(WikiData: Q16863789)
Bishop Eugene Sweeney (born 1592, died 18 Oct 1669) Bishop of Kilmore

Event Place
Birth Place Raphoe, Diocese of Raphoe

a bishop for 35.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Fleming, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Dease †
Bishop of Meath
Bishop John O’Cullenan †
Bishop of Raphoe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Fleming, O.F.M. † (1623)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Jacques Boonen † (1617)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Event	Place
Birth Place	Raphoe, Diocese of Raphoe

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 212
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1634, Number 1
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 67, Number 5,256

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