Eugene Sweeney Explained

Bishop Name:	Eugene Sweeney
Dipstyle:	The Most Reverend
Offstyle:	My Lord
Relstyle:	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]}

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

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. , Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
2. , A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 349.