John Carroll (16 March 1838 – 14 January 1897) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] Born in Castleblaney, County Monaghan on 16 March 1838, his family moved to Liverpool in England.

His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 28 October 1893, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were William Gordon, Bishop of Leeds, and John Bilsborrow, Bishop of Salford.

On the death of Edmund Knight, he automatically succeeded as the Bishop of Shrewsbury on 11 May 1895.

[1] He died in office at Bishop's House, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire on 14 January 1897 at the age of 58, and was buried in Dukinfield Cemetery near Manchester.