Augustine Cheevers

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


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