Joseph Carroll (bishop)
Bishop Joseph A. Carroll LSS, STL, was a Roman Catholic Irish priest, educator and auxiliary bishop of Dublin.
Life
Joseph Carroll was born on 12 December 1912 in Dublin. He was ordained a priest in 1938 for the Dublin Archdiocese.[1]
He served as a vicar-general of Dublin and president of Clonliffe College, the seminary of the Archdiocese of Dublin, until his appointment as bishop, in 1968, by John Charles McQuaid.[2] He was ordained as Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana.
Bishop Carroll also served as the Dublin archdiocese's administrator.
As President of Clonliffe College in 1966, he was involved in the setting up of the Mater Dei Institute of Education, where he also served as president.
The Murphy report was critical of Bishop Carroll's handling of Child Sex Abuse allegations in the Dublin Diocese[3]
Bishop Caroll retired in 1989 and died on 29 February 1992[1]
References
- ^ a b Bishop Joseph A. Carroll Catholic Hierarchy.
- ^ John Charles McQuaid: Ruler of Catholic Ireland By John Cooney
- ^ Dublin Inquiry Into How 19 Senior Clergy Handled Sex Claims Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine be Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent, Tuesday, Irish Times, Jun 30, 2009
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