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John Carroll (archbishop)
First Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States
"John Carroll (bishop)" redirects here. For other bishops with the name, see John Carroll (disambiguation) § Religion.
The Most Reverend John Carroll SJ | |
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Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1806 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Province | Baltimore |
| See | Baltimore |
| Appointed | November 6, 1789 |
| Installed | December 12, 1790 |
| Term ended | December 3, 1815 |
| Predecessor | Diocese erected |
| Successor | Leonard Neale |
| Ordination | February 14, 1761 |
| Consecration | August 15, 1790 by Charles Walmesley |
| Born | January 8, 1735 Marlborough Town, Province of Maryland |
| Died | December 3, 1815(1815-12-03) (aged 80) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Motto | Ne derelinquas nos domine deus noster (Forsake us not, O Lord, my God, stay not far from me) |
John CarrollSJ (January 8, 1735 – December 3, 1815[1]) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baltimore, then the only diocese in the nascent United States, from 1789 to 1815. He becam
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Who is Bishop John Carroll? We certainly don’t hear much about him today, but he was the first bishop of the United States, the father of American Catholicism and a highly regarded patriot of the American Revolution. Father Carroll has been credited with influencing the words of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Because of his skills in planning and organizing the Church in America, some Church historians have given him the title “Spiritual Hannibal.” He was instrumental in establishing Catholic schools such as Georgetown University and St. Mary’s Seminary in Maryland, and he encouraged St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to begin the Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg, Maryland. But these achievements only begin to tell the story of this man, singled out by God to further the Gospel in the new frontiers of America.
Holy Man and Patriot
Born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in 1735, at age 13 he was sent to Europe for Catholic schooling because, at that time, Catholic s
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John Carroll, SJ, was the first archbishop of Baltimore.
John Carroll was born in Maryland, the fourth son of seven children. First instructed in the Catholic faith by his mother, in 1748 Carroll was sent to the Jesuit school of St. Omer in French Flanders. In 1753 John entered the Jesuit novitiate and was ordained in 1761. Carroll taught in Europe after 1761 and took final vows in 1771. His happy Jesuit life ended, however, when Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuit community in 1773.
John Carroll returned to Maryland, where he resided with his mother. Since Catholics were forbidden public worship, a chapel was built for him so he could celebrate Mass for local Catholics.
In 1776 Carroll accompanied Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase, and his cousin Charles Carroll on a mission to Canada. The mission was unsuccessful in winning Canada over to the American side in the Revolution. John journeyed back to Philadelphia, caring for an ailing Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin would remember John Carroll’s kindness later when asked by the Vatican to recommend a priest who would becom
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