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Bishop John Carroll

The Most Reverend
John Carroll
SJ
Archbishop of Baltimore
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See Archdiocese of Baltimore
Appointed November 6, 1789
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
Personal details
Born January 8, 1735
Marlborough Town, Province of Maryland
Died December 3, 1815(1815-12-03) (aged 80)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Ordination history of
John Carroll
History
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination February 14, 1761
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by Charles Walmesley
Date of consecration August 15, 1790
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by John Carroll as principal consecrator
Leonard Neale December 7, 1800
Michael Francis Egan October 28, 1810
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus November 1, 1810
Benedict Joseph Flaget November 4, 1810
History
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination February 14, 1761
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by Charles Walmesley
Date of consecration August 15, 1790
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by John Carroll as principal consecrator
Leonard Neale December 7, 1800
Michael Francis Egan October 28, 1810
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus November 1, 1810
Benedict Joseph Flaget November 4, 1810
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 SJ (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 Marlborough Town, the county seat of Prince George's County in the Province of 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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