(12 June 1912 – 10 October 1980) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church from Northern Ireland who worked as a missionary priest and bishop in Liberia.
Francis Carroll was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, in the diocese of Dromore, on 12 June 1912.
In 1946, Liberian President William Tubman awarded Carroll the 'Star of Africa' in recognition of his education work.
[citation needed] On 20 December 1960, Pope John XXIII named him Apostolic Vicar of Monrovia and titular bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto.
[1][3] He was given the additional title of Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia on 9 November 1961[4] and assigned the archbishop's titular see of Gabula on 14 January 1964.