Bishop Nicholas Sweetman †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1700¹		Born
8 Aug 1717	17.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
18 Sep 1717	17.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Dec 1744	44.9	Selected	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
25 Jan 1745	45.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
29 Jun 1745	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
19 Oct 1786	86.7	Died	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Nicholas Sweetman
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Bishop Nicholas Sweetman (born 1700, died 19 Oct 1786) Bishop of Ferns

Event Place
Birth Place Collop’s Well near Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Ordained Priest Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Death Place Wexford
Buried Place (Original) Clongeen

a priest for 69.0 years
a bishop for 41.3 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Luis Simões Brandão †
Bishop of Angola e Congo
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances †
Titular Bishop of Thagaste
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Linegar †
Archbishop of Dublin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Linegar †
Archbishop of Dublin

Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Caulfield † (1757)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop William Egan † (1773)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James O’Keeffe † (1752)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Collop’s Well near Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Ordained Priest	Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Death Place	Wexford
Buried Place (Original)	Clongeen

Source(s):

b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1745, Number 26
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 214
op: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 122, and Page 123
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,138
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 245, Number 20,437

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a priest for 69.0 years a bishop for 41.3 years	Ordained Deacon by: Bishop Luis Simões Brandão † Bishop of Angola e Congo Ordained Priest by: Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Principal Consecrator: Archbishop John Linegar † Archbishop of Dublin
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop John Linegar † Archbishop of Dublin	Ordained Priest: Bishop James Caulfield † (1757) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop William Egan † (1773) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop James O’Keeffe † (1752)