Augustine Cheevers

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Augustine Cheevers was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman[1]

Cheevers was born in KIllian, County Galway in 1686. He was Bishop of Ardagh from 1751 to 1756[2] and Bishop of Meath from then until his death on 18 August 1778.[3] He is buried in Oristown, County Meath, in Donaghpatrick Cemetery.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 414. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ Bishop Augustine Cheevers. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved on 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, Maps, Genealogies, Lists, p. 351
  4. ^ Donaghpatrick Cemetery


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Ardagh
1751–1756
Succeeded by
Anthony Blake (bishop)
As Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
Preceded by
Bishop of Meath
1751–1756
Succeeded by
Patrick Joseph Plunkett


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