Joseph Carroll (bishop)

Bishop Joseph A. Carroll was a Roman Catholic Irish priest, educator and auxiliary bishop of Dublin. Joseph Carroll was born on December 12, 1912, in Dublin, he was ordained a priest in 1938 for the Dublin Diocese.[1]

He served as a Vicar-General of Dublin and President of Clonliffe College the Seminary of the Dublin Diocese until his appointment in 1968 as bishop by John Charles McQuaid.[2] He was ordained as Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana. Bishop Carroll also served as the Dublin archdiocese administrator.

As President of Clonliffe College in 1966 he was involved in the setting up of the Mater Dei Institute of Education, which he served as president of as well.

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 February 29, 1992[1]

References
  1. Bishop Joseph A. Carroll Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. John Charles McQuaid: Ruler of Catholic Ireland By John Cooney
  3. 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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