George Aloysius Carrell

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The Right Reverend

George Aloysius Carrell

S.J.
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Roman Catholic
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Covington
In office1853-1868
SuccessorAugustus Toebbe
Orders
Ordination1829
by Bishop Henry Conwell
ConsecrationNovember 1, 1853
by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell
Personal details
Born(1803-06-13)June 13, 1803
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedSeptember 25, 1868(1868-09-25) (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsJohn Carrell, Mary Julia Moore
EducationMount St. Mary's College
Alma materGeorgetown College

George Aloysius Carrell,

bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky
from 1853 until his death in 1868.

Early life and education

George Carrell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 13, 1803. His grandfather, Timothy Carrell, was a native of Ireland and came to the United States before the Revolutionary War, establishing himself as a grocer on Water Street in Philadelphia. His father, John Carrell, was a native of Philadelphia, and his mother, Mary Julia Moore, was a native of Lancaster. The seventh of eight children, he was born and raised in the former mansion of William Penn, at the corner of Market Street and Letitia Court. Having received elementary instruction in the schools of his native city, he was sent in 1813, when only ten years old, to Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he spent three years. In 1816 he entered Georgetown College, where he pursued his collegiate course for four years.[1]

He next entered the

Society of Jesus at White Marsh. At the end of two years thus spent, he returned to his family, with whom, however, he spent but a short time. He did not lose sight of his chosen vocation, and soon afterward entered the Theological Seminary of St. Mary's in Baltimore. Here he was a schoolmate of several who afterwards became distinguished in ecclesiastical history, including Samuel Eccleston. He again entered Mount St. Mary's College, where he continued his theological studies under Dr. Simon Bruté
.

Priesthood

Having completed his studies, Carrell was

Religious Society of Friends at Philadelphia. At Wilmington his ministry was especially useful. Here he established two schools—one a boarding and day school for young ladies in charge of the Sisters of Charity
, and the other a school for boys.

After this experience of missionary life, he felt a renewal of his early desire for the life of a

President of Purcell Mansion College for young boys near Cincinnati, Ohio
, from 1851 to 1853.

Episcopacy

The

consecrated in Cincinnati by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell,[1] assisted by Bishops Peter Paul Lefevere and John Henni
.

The new diocese was an extensive one, bounded on the north by the

Order of Saint Benedict, the Sisters of the Visitation, and the Ursuline Nuns
.

The news of battle, carnage, and death during the Civil War deeply affected him, and he invariably requested his friends to spare him the pain of listening to them. His health, for some time before his death, began to fail. He was several times in danger of death from a complication of diseases under which he suffered. He died on September 25, 1868, at the age of 65, and was buried at the old St. Mary Cathedral in Covington. When the old cathedral was demolished, his remains were later moved to St. Mary Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Carrell, George Aloysius, Most Rev. Bishop S.J. D.D.", Kenton County Public Library
  2. ^ Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia
  3. ^ College Church of St. Francis Xavier
  4. ^ "Most Rev. George Aloysius Carrell, S.J., D.D.", Diocese of Covington

External links

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
none (diocese erected)
 Bishop of Covington
1853—1868 		Succeeded by
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