Andrew Byrne | |
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Bishop of Little Rock | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Little Rock |
Installed | November 28, 1843 |
Term ended | June 10, 1862 |
Predecessor | None (first bishop) |
Successor | Edward Fitzgerald |
Orders | |
Ordination | November 11, 1827 by John England |
Consecration | March 10, 1844 by John Hughes |
Personal details | |
Born | 1802 Navan, County Meath, Ireland |
Died | June 10, 1862 Helena, Arkansas, US | (aged 59)
Buried | Cathedral of St. Andrew, Little Rock, Arkansas, US |
Nationality | Irish |
Andrew J. Byrne (1802 – June 10, 1862) was an Irish-born American Catholic priest, who became the first bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas from 1844 until his death in 1862.