Background
One of twelve children, Mark Carroll was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, to Thomas and Mary (née Kenny) Carroll. His father was a police officer
One of twelve children, Mark Carroll was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, to Thomas and Mary (née Kenny) Carroll. His father was a police officer
After attending Saint Louis Preparatory Seminary, he studied at Kenrick Seminary in Webster Groves from 1916 to 1922.
He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1947 to 1967. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 1922. He then served as a curate at Immaculate Conception Church in Maplewood and at Saint Rose"s Church in Saint Louis.
He was named director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Holy Childhood in 1924, and vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1929.
He later served as rector of the cathedral school (1931-1946) and director of Calvary Cemetery (1937-1947), and was raised to the rank of Papal Chamberlain (1937) and Domestic Prelate (1943). He was pastor of the Old Cathedral from 1937 until 1942, when he was transferred to Saint Margaret"s Church.
On February 15, 1947, Carroll was appointed the fourth Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 23 from Archbishop Joseph Ritter, with Archbishop Paul Clarence Schulte and Bishop George Joseph Donnelly serving as co-consecrators. He was installed at Wichita on May 6, 1947.
He relinquished the active administration of the diocese in 1963.
After twenty years as bishop, he retired due to advanced age and poor health on September 27, 1967. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Taparura by Pope Paul VI on the same date. He later resigned his titular see on January 16, 1976.
He died from cancer at Saint Joseph Medical Center, aged 88.
Bishop Carroll Catholic High School in Wichita is named in his honor.