Thomas Carroll (Greek Orthodox priest)
Fr. Thomas Carroll is an Irish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. His parish in Dublin is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Thomas Carroll was accepted into the Orthodox church on Palm Sunday 1986. Fr Thomas Irenaeos Basil Carroll was ordained a deacon and priest of the Orthodox church the first Irish born person ordained. He is a graduate of St. Patrick's, Carlow College earning a BA degree in Humanities. He also holds a post graduate diploma in communications and a master's degree in Theology from the Pontifical University, Maynooth.
Thomas Carroll grew up in Co. Tipperary, to a Catholic family, with a strong military tradition, he served in the Irish Armed Forces as part of the UN Mission in Cyprus in the 1960s. He took early retirement in 1996 going on to study Theology and becoming a Greek Orthodox priest.
Since 2007 Fr Carroll has been responsible for the Church of the Annunciation in Arbour Hill in Dublin.
Fr. Carroll represents the Greek Orthodox community at Irish state events such as the 1916 commemorations, world war commemorations etc.. He also represents the Church at the Irish and Dublin Council of Churches.
