On May 1, 1879, the Bishop of Quebec consecrated Sweatman in St. James' Cathedral, Toronto.
He was ordained into the Priesthood (Catholic Church) in 1726, and only four days after this event the Bishop of Quebec appointed him Canon (priest) and Archdeacon, which was followed a few months later to his appointment as Vicar general to the Bishop.
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He himself was a first cousin of Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, the last French Governor General of New France, and the uncle of Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d'Esgly, 8th Bishop of Quebec.
Being named a member of the council of the Bishop of Quebec, he took up his residence in that city, where he was also chaplain to the English garrison.
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Known officially until 1996 as Saint-Octave-de-Dosquet, the post office was named simply Dosquet in 1913, after Pierre-Herman Dosquet, fourth bishop of Quebec.
Organized in 1798 and named in honour of the first Bishop of Quebec, Rev. Jacob Mountain.
On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Vatican Information Service (VIS) and Catholic News Service (CNS), announced that Pope Benedict XVI had named the 53-year-old Bishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, until then an Auxiliary Bishop (assistant bishop) of Quebec (since 2009), as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec and Primate of Canada.
Among the school's pupils under Potter was Jacob Mountain (1749–1825), the first Anglican bishop of Quebec.