Mark Kenny Carroll (November 19, 1896 – January 12, 1985) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas from 1947 to 1967.
In 1948, Carroll called for the repeal of the state prohibition law against alcohol sales because it was "an unwarrantable infringement" on "reasonable liberty."[4] In 1951 he became first Catholic clergyman in the United States to receive the National Conference of Christians and Jews citation for "promoting amity and understanding among all elements of our pluralistic society."[4] Carroll attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965, and became an outspoken proponent of ecumenism and of the use of vernacular in the Mass.[2] He also supported the American Civil Rights Movement, and his self-confessed mission was "to preach equality of man and dignity and worth."[2]
Carroll relinquished the active administration of the diocese in 1963.[2]
Retirement and legacy
On September 27, 1967, Pope Paul VI accepted Carroll's resignation as bishop of Wichita and appointed him Titular Bishop of Taparura.[3] Carroll resigned his titular see on January 16, 1976.[3]
