John Sweeny (bishop)

{{Short description|Irish-born Canadian Roman Catholic priest}} {{inline|date=September 2019}} {{other people||John Sweeny (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Bishop | honorific-prefix = | name = John Sweeny | honorific-suffix = | bishop_of = Bishop of Saint John in New Brunswick | image = Bishop John Sweeny lithograph.jpg | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Saint John | see = | enthroned = November 9, 1859 | ended = March 25, 1901 | predecessor = Thomas-Louis Connolly | successor = Timothy Casey | ordination = September 1, 1844 | consecration = | other_post = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1821|05|06}} | birth_place = Clones, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1901|03|25|1821|05|06}} | death_place = Saint John, New Brunswick | buried = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = }}

'''John Sweeny''' (May 6, 1821 – March 25, 1901) was an Irish born, Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Saint John in New Brunswick from 1859 to 1901.

John Sweeny was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland in 1821, the son of James Sweeny and Mary McGuire.<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sweeny_john_13E.html Bishop John Sweeny] Dictionary of Canadian Biography.</ref> He was ordained a priest, for Fredericton (St. John), New Brunswick in 1844.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsweeny.html Bishop John Sweeny] www.catholic-hierarchy.org</ref>

Bishop Sweeny was a leading figure in opposition to the Common Schools Act of 1871 enacted by the 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. He founded the Irish Catholic community of Johnville, New Brunswick.

==References== * {{DictCanbio|ID=7094}} <references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweeny, John}} Category:1821 births Category:1901 deaths Category:19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Category:People from County Monaghan Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Saint John, New Brunswick