Religious Figure. He was the first Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop in the American Colonies. During his religious life he preached at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Co-Cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland, delivered sermons in Old St. Peter's Church to Protestants, established both Catholic and non-Catholic schools, founded Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and served as the president of the Female Humane Charity School of Baltimore, Maryland. He pressed the United States Congress for a constitutional provision for the protection and maintenance of religious liberty, and is credited with both the portion of the United States Constitution which declares that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States” (Article Sixth, Section 3) and the First Constitution Amendment, passed this same year by the first Congress, that stated "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". His remains rest in the burial crypt of the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore. A cenotaph was erected for him in Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery, Forest Glen, Maryland.
Religious Figure. He was the first Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop in the American Colonies. During his religious life he preached at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Co-Cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland, delivered sermons in Old St. Peter's Church to Protestants, established both Catholic and non-Catholic schools, founded Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and served as the president of the Female Humane Charity School of Baltimore, Maryland. He pressed the United States Congress for a constitutional provision for the protection and maintenance of religious liberty, and is credited with both the portion of the United States Constitution which declares that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States” (Article Sixth, Section 3) and the First Constitution Amendment, passed this same year by the first Congress, that stated "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". His remains rest in the burial crypt of the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore. A cenotaph was erected for him in Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery, Forest Glen, Maryland.
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John Carroll
1735-1815
First Resident Pastor Here 1774
First Prefect-Apostolic - 1784
First Bishop - 1789
First Archbishop - 1808
Of the Catholic Church in the United States
Erected by order of the Alhambra 1939
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