# Augustine Cheevers

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Irish Roman Catholic clergyman (1686–1778)

**Augustine Cheevers** (1686 – 1778) was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) clergyman[1] A member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA).

Cheevers was born in [Killian, County Galway](/source/List_of_townlands_of_County_Galway) in 1686, one of the six sons of John Chevers and Ellis Geoghegan.[2] Dr. Cheevers was [Bishop of Ardagh](/source/Bishop_of_Ardagh) from 1751 to 1756[3] and [Bishop of Meath](/source/Bishop_of_Meath) from then until his death in Randelstown, aged 92 on 18 August 1778.[4] He is buried in Oristown, County Meath, in Donaghpatrick Cemetery.[5] His uncle [Edward Chevers](/source/Edward_Chevers), was made Viscount Mount Leinster by King James II for whom he was Aide-de-Camp at the battle of the boyne, and it is with Viscount Mount Leinster, that Augustine is supposed to have aged 14 gone to France, where he was educated in Paris.[6]

Due to persecution of the Catholic Church and under the penal laws unable to train priests in Ireland, he founded Burses for students from the diocese, in the College of Douai, France.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3rdhandbookp414_1-0)** Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). [*Handbook of British chronology*](http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/12612038.html). Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. p. 414. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [989682481](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/989682481).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: publisher location ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_publisher_location))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Chevers of Killyan](http://burkeseastgalway.com/chevers-of-killyan/) Burkes East Galway.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bflynnth_3-0)** [Bishop Augustine Cheevers](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcheev.html). *Catholic Hierarchy website*. Retrieved on 3 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). *A New History of Ireland*. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. p. 351. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-821745-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-821745-5). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1152598744](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1152598744).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Donaghpatrick Cemetery](http://www.oristownparish.com/donaghpatrick_cemetery)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [The Chevers of Normandy](http://www.navanhistory.ie/index.php?page=short-history) Navan Historical Society.

Catholic Church titles Preceded by Thomas MacDermot Roe Bishop of Ardagh 1751–1756 Succeeded by Anthony Blake (bishop) As Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Preceded by Stephen MacEgan Bishop of Meath 1751–1756 Succeeded by Patrick Joseph Plunkett

v t e Roman Catholic Bishops of Ardagh Richard Brady Edmund MacGauran Patrick Plunkett Thomas Flynn Peter Mulligan Thomas O'Beirne Thomas MacDermot Roe Augustine Cheevers

v t e Roman Catholic Bishops of Meath Thomas Dease Anthony MacGeoghegan Edmund Mac Teige Patrick Plunkett James Cusack Patrick Tyrrell. Luke Fagan Stephen MacEgan Augustine Cheevers Patrick Joseph Plunkett Robert Logan John Cantwell Thomas Nulty Mathew Gaffney Laurence Gaughran Thomas Mulvany John D'Alton John Anthony Kyne John McCormack Michael Smith Thomas Deenihan

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