John Carroll (archbishop)

The Most Reverend John Carroll SJ
Archbishop of Baltimore
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
Orders
Ordination	February 14, 1761
Consecration	August 15, 1790 by Charles Walmesley
Personal details
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)

Styles of John Carroll
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

John Carroll SJ (January 8, 1735 – December 3, 1815^[1]) 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. He was a member of the Society of Jesus until its suppression in 1759.

Born to an aristocratic family in the colonial-era Province of Maryland, Carroll spent most of his early years as a priest in Europe, teaching and serving as a chaplain. After returning to Maryland in 1773, he started organizing the Catholic Church in America with a small cadre of priests. The Vatican appointed him to several roles as leader of the American Catholic hierarchy, culminating in his appointment as archbishop.

Carroll founded Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland, the first secular parish in the country.