John Carroll (priest)
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The Most Reverend John Carroll S.J. |
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| 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 |
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| Ordination | February 14, 1761 |
| Consecration | August 15, 1790 by Charles Walmesley O.S.B. |
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| Born | January 8, 1735 Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| Died | December 3, 1815 (aged 80) Baltimore, Maryland |
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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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