VATICAN CITY, 1989, the bicentenary of the hierarchy in the United
States of America, Scott 843
The vignette is from an 1812 engraving by William Leney and Benjamin Tanner
and while the legend references a painting by Jeremiah Paul, it is clearly
based on the Gilbert Stuart painting.
Born in Maryland, John Carroll studied with the Jesuits at Bohemia, Maryland, and then at St. Omer's College in Flanders. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1753, was ordained in 1769. When the Society was suppressed in 1773, Carroll returned to Maryland and was later selected by local clergy and confirmed by Rome first as superior of the missions in the United States and in 1789 as the first bishop of the American hierarchy. In 1808, Carroll became Archbishop of Baltimore, with suffragan sees at New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown. More