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- ↑ "Passionist Fathers Elect Provincial". Catholic Weekly . XI (514). New South Wales, Australia. 3 January 1952. p. 8 (Magazine Section). Retrieved 6 June 2021– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Bishop Sweeney". Papua New Guinea Post-courier . International, Australia. 17 October 1979. p. 12. Retrieved 6 June 2021– via National Library of Australia.
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