Donald Martin Carroll
Donald Martin Carroll (born November 25, 1909 in Chicago , † January 3, 2002 ) was an American clergyman and appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Rockford .
Life
Donald Martin Carroll, first visited the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and then the seminary of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein . The Archbishop of Chicago , George William Cardinal Mundelein , ordained him a priest on April 7, 1934 . Carroll then studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and received his doctorate in 1937 . After his return he served for five years at the marriage court of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In 1942 he was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Delegate in the United States, based in Washington, DC .
Pope Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Rockford on June 27, 1956 . The episcopal ordination planned for August 30 of the same year had to be postponed for health reasons. On September 25, 1956, he resigned for the same health reasons.
After resigning from the office of bishop, he was pastor in Oak Park until 1967 and then hospital chaplain in Chicago until retirement.
Web links
- Entry on Donald Martin Carroll on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Donald Martin Carroll in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Most Reverend Donald M. Carroll, DD Fifth Bishop of Rockford. In: Homepage. Rockford Diocese , accessed April 7, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carroll, Donald Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, appointed Bishop of Rockford |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 2002 |