Paschal Sweeney
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ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Vanimo
In office20 September 1963 – 22 September 1979
Predecessor(Prefecture erected)
Paschal Sweeney | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Vanimo | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Vanimo |
| In office | 20 September 1963 – 22 September 1979 |
| Predecessor | (Prefecture erected) |
| Successor | John Etheridge |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 11 July 1935 |
| Consecration | 25 January 1967 by Norman Gilroy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1912 |
| Died | 1 September 1981 (aged 68) |
Paschal Sweeney (born in 1912 in Woodville) was an Australian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vanimo.[1] He was elected Provincial of the Passionist Fathers in 1952,[2] and subsequently moved to Papua New Guinea to take up mission work.[3] He was appointed bishop in 1966. He died in 1981.[1]
