Biography of Father Keith M. Carroll



Growing up in York he attended Saint Rose of Lima where he went to grade school.  Graduating from York Catholic in 2000, he spent one year studying at Penn State York.  In the summer of 2001, he was accepted as a seminarian of the Diocese of Harrisburg and asked to study at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.  Upon graduation from Saint Charles with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 2005 he was transferred for theology to Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg Maryland.    Ordained a deacon on May 17th, 2008 he was assigned to Saint Joan of Arc in Hershey where he spent his summer and weekends during the year.  In May of 2009 he received his Master of Divinity from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary.   Then on June 6th, 2009, Bishop Kevin Rhoades ordained him a priest and assigned him as Parochial Vicar of Corpus Christi Church in Chambersburg.
 

Picture of Father Carroll at his first Mass of Thanksgiving at Saint Rose of Lime on June 7th 2009

Seminarian Summer Assignments

Summer of 2005 —Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Lewistown, Saint Jude Thaddeus Parish Mifflintown

Summer of 2006 — Immaculate Conception Parish, Berwick

Summer of 2007 — Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cornwall



Ordained a Deacon on May 17th, 2008 by Bishop Kevin Rhoades

Diaconate Assignment for 2008 – 2009 — Saint Joan of Arc, Hershey

Ordained a Priest on June 6th, 2009

Parochial Vicar — Corpus Christ Church, Chambersburg…June 22nd – 2009 – June 17th, 2012

Parochial Vicar — Holy Name of Jesus, Harrisburg…June 18th, 2012 – October 6th, 2013

Appointed Diocesan Boy Scout Chaplain in June 2013

Parochial Vicar — Saint Patrick Church, York…October 7th, 2013 – November 29th, 2013

Administrator — Saint Patrick Church, York…November 30th, 2013 – May 2014

Pastor — Saint Patrick Church, York…May 2014 – October 25^th, 2020

Pastor --- Immaculate Conception New Oxford…October 26^th, 2020 -
 

Father Carroll pictured on the day of his ordination with Bishop Rhoades and his family.  

Interesting Facts about Father Carroll

He was born on the 6th of June 1981…28 years later that very day on the 6th of June 2009 he was ordained a priest.

Is an Eagle Scout

Father Carroll loves to have fun!!!


Father Carroll dressed as Buzz Lightyear 

Celebrated his 29th birthday, his 1st anniversary as a priest on the Feast of Corpus Christi… the name of the parish where he happened to be assigned at the time

He began his assignment in York on October 7^th, 2013 the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary.  Father C always said, “when we pray the rosary Our Lady takes us by the hand and leads us home to our Lord.”  Our Lady led Father Carroll home to York to be close to his mother until she passed in April of 2018.

In October of 2020, Father Carroll was appointed Pastor of Immaculate Conception of New Oxford where he was installed as pastor on November 1^st, 2020, All Saints Day. 


Father Carroll after throwing out a first pitch (actually getting the ball over the plate) at a York Revolution Baseball game.  


Father Carroll pictured with Miss Daisy


Picture from the Holy Card commemorating Father Carroll's ordination and first Mass