Historedia
Group or institution

Maryland clergy

Events
1
Episodes
5
Years
1783–1791

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Maryland clergy, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Creation of the Diocese of Baltimore

    1783–1791

    Role: Clergy who in April 1789 voted 24 to 1 to recommend Carroll's appointment as first bishop of Baltimore

    1. November 1783 – November 1784 · See of the Prefecture Apostolic of the United StatesPetition for a Superior and the Prefecture Apostolic

      Maryland clergy petitioned the Vatican in 1783; Pius VI erected the Prefecture Apostolic of the United States in 1784, seated in Baltimore under Carroll.

    2. April 1789 · Location of the clergy vote not stated in sourcesMaryland Clergy Recommend Carroll

      In April 1789, the Maryland clergy voted 24 to 1 to recommend that the Vatican appoint John Carroll as the first bishop of Baltimore.

    3. 6 November 1789 · Diocese of BaltimoreDiocese of Baltimore Erected; Carroll Appointed Bishop

      On 6 November 1789, Pius VI appointed John Carroll bishop of Baltimore, elevating the prefecture into the first diocese solely within the United States.

    4. 15 August 1790 · Chapel of Lulworth Castle, DorsetConsecration of Carroll at Lulworth Castle

      Carroll was consecrated on 15 August 1790 in the chapel of Lulworth Castle in Dorset, assisted by Reverends Charles Plowden and James Porter.

    5. 1791 · Pro-cathedral, BaltimoreFirst Diocesan Synod in the United States

      In 1791, Carroll convened a synod in Baltimore, the first diocesan synod in American history, held at the pro-cathedral.

Sources

  1. John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28