2. John Carroll was Born on January 8,1735. He was the first Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop in the United States. He founded Georgetown University, which is the oldest Catholic school in the U.S.
3. Carroll joined the Society of Jesus as a postulant at the age of 18 in 1753. In 1755, he went to the Liege to began his studies of philosophy and theology. In 1969 he was ordained as a priest and until the age of 40 he taught at St-Omer and Liege.
4. When the Pope Suppressed the Society of Jesus in 1773, Carroll returned to him home in Maryland.
5. The Mitre of a Bishop - Carroll was elected as Bishop of Baltimore in April of 1789. The election was approved by Pope Pius VI. He was Ordained as a Bishop on August 15,1790. (the Feast of the Assumption) In 1808, the pope made Baltimore the first Archdiocese in the U.S.
6. Carroll Died in Baltimore on December 3, 1815. His remains are at the Basilica of National Shrine, which is open to the public.
7. In 1886 John Carroll University was founded which was at that time called St. Ignatius College. It ran separately from St. Ignatius High School. In 1923 St. Ignatius College bought land in University Heights. In September of 1923 the school’s name was changed to John Carroll University in honor of Archbishop John Carroll.
