Desmond Carroll
British Archdeacon
About Desmond Carroll
Lived 1938 – 2012 (aged 73). Desmond Carroll was a British vicar and canon.
Charles William Desmond Carroll (27 January 1919 – 14 February 2012) was the Archdeacon of Blackburn from 1983 to 1985.
Carroll was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. After an earlier career as a school teacher he was Vicar of Stanwix from 1950 to 1959; Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Blackburn from 1959 to 1964; and a canon residentiary of Blackburn Cathedral from 1964 until his appointment as an archdeacon.
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British Archdeacon (1938-2012)
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Desmond Carroll was born on 2 September 1938.
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Desmond Carroll died on 14 February 2012.
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Desmond Carroll was a vicar and canon.
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