John Carroll (bishop of Shrewsbury)

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John Carroll

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John Carroll (16 March 1838 – 14 January 1897) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1895 to 1897.[1]

Born in Castleblaney, County Monaghan on 16 March 1838, his family moved to Liverpool in England. He was educated in the Catholic Middle School, and studied for the priesthood at Ushaw and Bruges[2] he was ordained to the priesthood on 22 December 1861. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury and Titular Bishop of Acmonia on 22 August 1893. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 28 October 1893, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were William Gordon, Bishop of Leeds, and John Bilsborrow, Bishop of Salford. On the death of Edmund Knight, he automatically succeeded as the Bishop of Shrewsbury on 11 May 1895.[1]

He died in office at Bishop's House, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire on 14 January 1897 at the age of 58, and was buried in Dukinfield Cemetery near Manchester.[1]

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1. ^ a b c "Bishop John Carroll". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
2. ^ The Late Bishop of Shrewsbury The Tablet, 23 January 1897

Catholic Church titles

Preceded by

Edmund Knight

|  Bishop of Shrewsbury
1895–1897  | Succeeded by

Samuel Webster Allen

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Diocese of Shrewsbury

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury

Bishops of Shrewsbury

* I: James Brown
* II: Edmund Knight
* III: John Carroll
* IV: Samuel Allen
* V: Hugh Singleton
* VI: Ambrose Moriarty
* VII: John Murphy
* VIII: William Grasar
* IX: Joseph Gray
* X: Brian Noble
* XI: Mark Davies

Churches

* Shrewsbury Cathedral – Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and Saint Peter of Alcantara

* Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Birkenhead
* St Werburgh, Birkenhead
* St Columba, Chester
* St Francis, Chester
* St Werburgh, Chester
* St Mary, Congleton
* St Mary, Crewe
* St Mary of the Angels, Hooton
* St Alban, Macclesfield
* St Mary, Madeley
* St Cuthbert by the Forest, Mouldsworth
* St Peter and St Paul, New Brighton
* St Peter and St Paul, Newport
* St Anne, Rock Ferry
* St Winefride, Sandbach
* Our Lady and the Apostles, Stockport
* St Joseph, Stockport
* English Martyrs, Wallasey
* Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey
* St Alban, Wallasey

Patronal Feasts of the Diocese

* Our Lady, Help of Christians (24 May)
* Saint Winefride (3 November)

Schools

* All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield
* All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield
* Aquinas College, Stockport
* Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
* Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
* Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington
* Chester Catholic High School
* Ellesmere Port Catholic High School
* Harrytown Catholic High School
* Holy Trinity Academy, Telford
* Loreto Grammar School
* Moor Park School
* St Ambrose College
* St Anselm's College
* St Gregory's Catholic High School
* St James' Catholic High School, Stockport
* St John Plessington Catholic College
* St Nicholas Catholic High School
* St Paul's Catholic High School
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe

See also

* Diocese of Shrewsbury Lourdes Hospitalité
* Diocese of Shrewsbury Lourdes Pilgrimage
* Curzon Park Abbey

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* Cheshire portal

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