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  2. John Carroll SJ (January 8, 1735 – December 3, 1815) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baltimore, the first diocese in the new United States. He later became the first Archbishop of Baltimore. Until 1808, Carroll administered the entire U.S. Catholic Church.

  3. Nov 6, 2019 · As the first bishop of the United States, Carroll had a major impact on Catholicism in America, but who was John Carroll and what were his connections to Philadelphia? John Carroll was born to Eleanor and Daniel Carroll on January 8, 1735 in Maryland. At a young age he was sent to Flanders to study at St. Omer, a Jesuit school. [1] .

  4. In 1808, Bishop Carroll became Archbishop, with suffragan sees at New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown. At a meeting held in Baltimore in 1810, Archbishop Carroll, with Bishop Neale and three of his suffragans, drew up some important regulations for the welfare and direction of their clergy and people (See Provincial Councils of ...

  5. In 1808, Bishop Carroll became Archbishop, with suffragan sees at New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown. At a meeting held in Baltimore in 1810, Archbishop Carroll, with Bishop Neale and three of his suffragans, drew up some important regulations for the welfare and direction of their clergy and people (See PROVINCIAL COUNCILS OF ...

  6. John Carroll (born Jan. 8, 1735, Upper Marlboro, Maryland [now in the U.S.]—died Dec. 3, 1815, Baltimore) was the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and the first archbishop of Baltimore. Under his leadership, the Roman Catholic church became firmly established in the United States.

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  7. Apr 28, 2023 · In 1789, the year he became the first Catholic Bishop in the United States, he bought the first acre of land for Georgetown College, the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the new republic.

  8. Dec 10, 2015 · This past Sunday—December 6, 2015the Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the legacy of Archbishop John Carroll, America’s first bishop, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the occasion of the bicentennial of his death on December 3, 1815.

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