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John Carroll (bishop)

The Most Reverend
John Carroll
S.J.
Archbishop of Baltimore
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See Archdiocese of Baltimore
Appointed November 6, 1789 (coadjutor)
Installed December 12, 1790
Term ended December 3, 1815
Predecessor Diocese erected
Successor Leonard Neale
Orders
Ordination February 14, 1761
Consecration August 15, 1790
by Charles Walmesley O.S.B.
Personal details
Born January 8, 1735
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Died December 3, 1815(1815-12-03) (aged 80)
Baltimore, Maryland
Styles of
John Carroll
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style none

John Carroll (January 8, 1735 – December 3, 1815) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first bishop and archbishop in the United States. He served as the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland.

Carroll is also known as the founder of Georgetown University (the oldest Catholic university in the United States), and of St. John the Evangelist Parish of Rock Creek (now Forest Glen), the first secular (or diocesan, meaning that its clergy did not come from monastic orders) parish in the country.

John Carroll was born to Daniel Carroll I and Eleanor (Darnall) Carroll at the large plantation which Eleanor had inherited from her family. He spent his early years at the family home, sited on thousands of acres near Upper Marlboro, the county seat of Prince George's County in Maryland. (Several remnant surrounding acres are now associated with the house museum known as "Darnall's Chance", listed on the National Register of Historic Places and part of the system of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for northern suburban Washington, D.C.).


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