1. Andrew J Byrne 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.
10 Facts About Andrew Byrne
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Andrew Byrne was born in 1802 in Navan, County Meath, in Ireland, the son of Robert and Margery Moore Byrne.
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Andrew Byrne was ordained by Bishop England for the Diocese of Charleston, on November 11,1827.
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In 1836, Andrew Byrne was incardinated, or transferred, to the Diocese of New York, in New York City, where he served at St Patrick's Parish, and St James's Parish, both in Manhattan.
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Andrew Byrne organized the Church of the Nativity Parish on 2nd Avenue, which Hughes dedicated on June 5,1842.
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On November 28,1843, Andrew Byrne was appointed bishop of the new Diocese of Little Rock by He was consecrated in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on March 10,1844, by Bishop Hughes.
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Andrew Byrne brought two priest with him, and together they established St Ambrose Church at Arkansas Post, Arkansas and the Cathedral of St Andrew in Little Rock in about a year.
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Andrew Byrne persuaded the Sisters of Mercy to come to his newly established diocese.
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Andrew Byrne attended the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore in May, 1846, and the First Provincial Council of New Orleans in 1856.
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Andrew Byrne died on June 10,1862, in Helena, Arkansas at age 59.