Andrew Campbell (died 1769) was an Irish

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who served as the

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from 1753 to 1769. He trained as a priest in Spain, at the Irish College of San Jorge at Alcalá de Henares, north of Madrid. He was appointed the

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of the Diocese of Kilmore by

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on 3 April 1753., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 436., ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, p. 350. Bishop Campbell died in office on 23 December 1769.

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