Catholic missionary
John Carroll.
first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States (1735–1815)
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About John Carroll
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.
Everything about John Carroll →- Occupation
- Catholic missionary, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, regular cleric
- Position held
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore, Roman Catholic Bishop of Baltimore, apostolic administrator, Prefect of United States of America
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 8, 1735
- Died
- December 3, 1815