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词条 Andrew Byrne
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Andrew Byrne (December 5, 1802 – June 10, 1862) was an Irish-American Catholic priest, who became the first Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A..

Life

He was an ecclesiastical student at St. Finian's College, Navan, when, in 1820, Bishop England sought volunteers for the mission of the newly created Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston (South Carolina), and he accompanied the bishop to the United States. He was ordained at Charleston, 11 November 1827, and after active missionary work in South and North Carolina was for several years vicar-general of the diocese.

In 1836 he removed to New York City, where he served at St. Patrick's, St. James's and the church of the Nativity, and finally altered, in 1843, Carroll Hall, which might be termed the cradle of the public school system of New York, into St. Andrew's church. While pastor there in 1844, the new Diocese of Little Rock, comprising the State of Arkansas and all of the Indian Territory, was created, and Father Byrne was named its first bishop. He was consecrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, 10 March 1844, at the same time that John McCloskey was consecrated coadjutor of New York, and the Rev. William Quarter, Bishop of Chicago.

There were then in Arkansas only about 700 Catholics, with one priest and two churches. Shortly before Bishop Byrne died, he claimed that the number of Catholics had increased largely, with nine or more priests, eleven churches, thirty stations, and twelve schools and academies.

He visited Ireland several times to obtain assistants. He introduced the Sisters of Mercy from Dublin and at the time of his death had almost completed arrangements for the starting of a college at Fort Smith by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.

He was one of the prelates attending the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore in May, 1846, and the First Provincial Council of New Orleans in 1856. At the Second Baltimore Council, in 1833, he acted as Bishop England's theologian.

References

  • Catholic Almanac (Baltimore, 1864);
  • John Gilmary Shea, The Catholic Church in N. Y. City (New York, 1878);
  • Clarke, Lives of the Deceased Bishops (New York, 1872);
  • Bayley, Brief Sketch of the Early History of the Catholic Church on the Island of New York (New York, 1870)

External links

  • Catholic Encyclopedia article
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