Andrew Scott (15 February 1772 – 4 December 1846) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of Scotland from 1832 to 1845.
[citation needed] Having manifested a desire from an early age to enter the clergy, he was admitted to the Seminary of Scalan on 25 January 1785 and continued his studies at the Scots College, Douai.
[3] He built St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow (1814–16), which still stands on the River Clyde, to accommodate the growing number of Catholics in the town.
[3] He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Western District and Titular Bishop of Erythrae by the Holy See on 13 February 1827, and consecrated to the Episcopate at St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow on 21 September 1828.
[3] On the death of Bishop Ranald MacDonald on 20 September 1832, he automatically succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District.