John Carroll

Born

January 8, 1735

Died

December 3, 1815 (aged 80)

Known as

Catholic missionary, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, regular cleric, bishop

John Carroll was an American Catholic prelate who served as the nation's first Catholic bishop, overseeing the Diocese of Baltimore, then the only diocese in the nascent United States, from 1789 to 1815. He became Archbishop of Baltimore in 1808, up to which point Carroll had also administered the entire U.S. Catholic Church.

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