Donald Martin Carroll (November 25, 1909 – January 3, 2002) was an

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priest. Born in

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, Carroll was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the

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on April 7, 1934. On June 27, 1956, he was appointed Bishop of the

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, Illinois, but resigned on September 25, 1956 before his consecration due to ill health.

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