The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in northern and Western Maryland in the United States. It is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore.
An 1806 illustration of Bishop Carroll laying the cornerstone for the Cathedral of the Assumption on Cathedral Hill in Baltimore
John Carroll (archbishop)
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John Carroll was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baltimore, the first diocese in the new United States. He later became the first Archbishop of Baltimore. Until 1808, Carroll administered the entire U.S. Catholic Church. He was a member of the Society of Jesus until its suppression in 1759.
Letter of Bishop Challoner to the Maryland Jesuits informing them of the suppression of the Society of Jesus
Certificate of Carroll's episcopal consecration
Chapel at Lulworth Castle in Dorset, England, where Reverend Carroll was consecrated bishop of Baltimore.