Monsignor John Carroll
Title:
Monsignor
First Name:
John
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Carroll
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Co Kilkenny
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Sydney
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Darlinghurst NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Rookwood NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Parramatta | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Sydney | McDonald River | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Sydney | Bombala | 1876 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Sydney | Balmain | Parish Priest | 1881 | 1885 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||
| Sydney | Darlinghurst | 1885 | 1912 | Linane Vol 2 |
Biographical Notes
Darlinghurst, Parramatta, Bombala, Balmain, etc, NSW
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 27:
Carroll, John James, Rt. Rev., V.G., Irish
"The Salt of the Earth" (Archbishop Michael Kelly)
He was born only four miles from Kilkenny City, but it's doubtful if the usual favouritism for Kilkenny-ites shown by Cardinal Moran was shown in the case of this untiring pastor and V.G. For his parents left Ireland when J.J. was a child of five. They settled at the ancient parish of Appin and their property 'Appin Lodge' passed to the Archdiocese of Sydney in 1930. Studying at St. Mary's Cathedral (later at Lyndhurst), at Mount Melleray and All Hallows in Ireland, J.J. reached the priesthood at the mature age of 33 on 24 June 1868. The ordaining prelate was Bishop John Whelan of Bombay. He arrived home in Sydney later in the year on board the familiar ship, the 'Donal Mackay'. Service was given at Parramatta and at McDonald River. Then came an appointment to the southern extremity of the Archdiocese at Bombala (1876)(1878). Recalled to Sydney he served as Pastor of Balmain from 1881 to 1885. Then followed his long reign as Parish Priest of Darlinghurst 1885-1912, holding offices as Gaol Chaplain and Vicar General to Cardinal Moran. In that neat little parish history "On Darlinghurst Hill' by the late Monsignor Hartigan, one finds it exasperating to find only scant reference to the reign of J.J. Carroll. Some important events are listed, but not a mention of the character and achievements of this highly charitable man and devoted pastor. And so we rest assured with the Kelly text 'The Salt of the Earth'. He died at his Presbytery - the death-scene also of Dr. Polding - on 31 August 1912. The age was 77 and burial took place at Rookwood.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 2)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, per Mrs Sheila Tearle , Hurstville, N.S.W.
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ANZCC note: middle name confirmed as Joseph: Catholic Press, 5 September 1912, p 22; Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September 1912, p 8.