George Aloysius Carrell
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George Aloysius Carrell S.J. | |
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| Bishop of Covington | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington |
| In office | 1853-1868 |
| Successor | Augustus Toebbe |
| Previous post | Rector of Saint Louis University (1843 to 1847) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 20, 1827 by Henry Conwell |
| Consecration | November 1, 1853 by John Baptist Purcell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 13, 1803 |
| Died | September 25, 1868 (aged 65) |
| Parents | John Carrell, Mary Julia Moore |
| Education | Mount St. Mary's College Georgetown College |
George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. (June 13, 1803—September 25, 1868) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Covington in Kentucky from 1853 until his death in 1868. He was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
George Carrell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 13, 1803. His grandfather, Timothy Carrell, was a native of Ireland who came to the United States before the American Revolutionary War, establishing himself as a grocer in that city Philadelphia. His father, John Carrell, was a native of Philadelphia, and his mother, Mary Julia Moore, was a native of Lancaster.[1]
The seventh of eight children, George Carrell was born and raised in the former mansion of William Penn, in Philadelphia. After attending elementary schools in Philadelphia, his family sent him 1813, when only ten years old, to Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In 1816, Carrell entered Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., where he studied for four years.[1]
Carrell then entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at White Marsh, Maryland. However, after only two years there, he returned to his family in Philadelphia. Soon afterwards, Carrell entered the Theological Seminary of St. Mary's in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a classmate of the future Archbishop of Baltimore, Samuel Eccleston. Carrell then re-entered Mount St. Mary's College, where he continued his theological studies under Dr. Simon Bruté.
Priesthood
Carrell was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Philadelphia on December 20, 1827, at St. Augustine's Church in Philadelphia by Bishop Henry Conwell.[1][2] After his ordination, the diocese assigned him as a curate at St. Augustine's Parish, then sent him to a mission church in New Jersey. Six years later, Carrell was appointed pastor of Holy Trinity parish in Philadelphia.[3] He was then assigned as pastor to a parish inWilmington, Delaware, also supervising mission churches in West Chester, Pennsylvania and New Castle, Delaware. At that time, Delaware was part of the archdiocese.
Carrell's pastoral work earned him the praise of his parishioners, Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick and Quakers in Philadelphia. While serving in Wilmington, he established a boarding and day school for girls under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity, and a school for boys. Carrell also spent time assisting the pastors of St. Augustine's Parish and of St. Paul's Church in Pittsburgh.
In 1835, Carrell decided to reapply for membership with the Jesuits. [2]The Jesuits accepted him again, sending Carrell to their novitiate in Florissant, Missouri. Two years later, they assigned him as a scholastic in St. Louis, Missouri. He was soon appointed a professor in Saint Louis University, and afterwards as pastor of the College Church of St. Francis Xavier[4] in 1843, Carrell was appointed rector of Saint Louis University. In 1847, the Jesuits transferred him to Cincinnati to teach at St. Xavier Preparatory School. Carrell was named president of Purcell Mansion College for young boys in Alliance, Ohio, in 1851.
