Andrew O'Donellan

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Andrew O'Donnellan was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Clonfert in the eighteenth century. [1]

He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Clonfert on1 December 1776, succeeded on 7 May 1778 and died in 1786. [2]

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References

  1. Catholic Hierarchy
  2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 p419 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Clonfert
17781786
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