Paschal Sweeney (born in 1912 in Woodville) was an

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clergyman and

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for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vanimo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vanimo is a suffragan diocese in the Latin rite ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madang in Papua New Guinea, yet depends on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cat ...

. He was elected Provincial of the Passionist Fathers in 1952, and subsequently moved to Papua New Guinea to take up mission work. He was appointed bishop in 1966. He died in 1981.

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1912 births 1981 deaths Australian Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Vanimo {{Bishop-stub