Sylvester Lloyd, O.F.M. (1680–1747) was of

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descent and

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origins. In his youth he served in the

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army, but later was received into the

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where he trained as a

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. He received priesthood education from English Franciscans in

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College in France. He entered the monastery of the Order of St. Jerome in Lisbon that he was ordained on 30 May 1711.LLOYD, Sylvester (c.1680–1747)
- Biography, www.anim.ie He served as bishop of Killaloe (1728–1739) and subsequently of

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and Lismore (1739–1747). He was active but not particularly successful in drumming up support for the Jacobite cause in both Catholic and Protestant circles.

Sources

Patrick Fagan: An Irish bishop of penal times: The chequered career of Sylvester Lloyd O.F.M., Dublin, Four courts Press,2004

References

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