Saint Timothy of Mauretania

Timothy James Carroll, born on April 23, 1940, in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland, is a Roman Catholic bishop serving as Apostolic Vicar in the titular see of Tipaza. He was ordained a priest for the Society of African Missions on December 20, 1965. In 1995, he was appointed Prefect of Kontagora, Nigeria. Bishop Tim translated several books of the Bible into Kamberi, including the Synoptic Gospels. On April 30, 2002, he was appointed titular bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania and Apostolic Vicar of Kontagora. He was ordained a bishop on August 17, 2002, with Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla as the Principal Consecrator and Archbishop Peter Jatau and Bishop Kevin Aje as Co-Consecrators.