Sylvester Lloyd

Sylvester Lloyd, O.F.M. ( -1747) was of Welsh descent and Protestant origins. In his youth he served in the Williamite army, but later was received into the Catholic Church where he trained as a Franciscan. He served as bishop of Killaloe (1728-1739) and subsequently of Waterford 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