Australian Marist Brother Peter Carroll has been elected Superior General of the Institute of the Marist Brothers, becoming only the second brother from Oceania to lead the worldwide institute. Source: Star of the Sea Province.
Br Carroll, who is the provincial of the Pacific-Asia Star of the Sea Province, was elected to the global Superior General role yesterday during the Marist Brothers’ 23rd General Chapter in Tagaytay, Philippines.
Br Carroll becomes the 15th Superior General of the Institute and only the second brother from Oceania to serve in this role, following Br Charles Howard.
He will guide the Marist Institute for the next eight years, leading a global mission to continue the charism of Marcellin Champagnat: to make Jesus Christ known and loved, especially among children and young people.
The 23rd General Chapter, which commenced on September 8, is the institute’s highest decision-making assembly. Delegates from across the world gather every eight years to discern priorities, elect leadership, and shape the direction of the Marist mission for the future.
Br Carroll was born on August 2, 1958, in Bundaberg, Queensland, and grew up in Brisbane as the middle of three children. Educated at Marist College Ashgrove, he completed his schooling in 1976.
Answering the call of the Marist vocation, he commenced postulancy in 1977, entered the novitiate in 1978, professed his first vows in 1980, and made his final vows in 1986.
Br Carroll dedicated much of his early ministry to Marist education, serving consecutively as a teacher and school leader from 1984 to 2012.
In 2003, he was elected to the provincial council of the Marist Brothers’ former Sydney Province. He continued serving on the provincial council when the provinces were unified in 2012 to form the Australian Province, including a term as deputy provincial. In January 2015, he was appointed Provincial of Australia.
In December 2022, Br Carroll became the inaugural Provincial of the newly established Star of the Sea Province, which encompasses eleven countries in the Pacific-Asia region: New Zealand, Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu.
From 2019 to 2022, Br Carroll also served as president of Catholic Religious Australia. Additionally, from 2015 to 2025, he was the leader of the Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat, nurturing lay participation in the Marist mission.
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Star of the Sea Provincial, Br Peter Carroll, Elected 15th Superior General of the Marist Brothers (Star of the Sea Province)
