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Eugene Sweeney

Irish prelate

Styles of Eugene Sweeney

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

Eugene Sweeney (1592–1669) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1629 to 1669.

A native of County Donegal, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Urban VIII on 18 September 1629.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He died in office on 18 October 1669, aged 77.^[1]^[2]^[3] After his death, the see remained vacant for nearly sixty years, during which time it was administered by vicars general or bishops of Clogher.

References

^ ^a ^b "Bishop Eugene Sweeney". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
^ ^a ^b Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 349.

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.