start page truth discussion bookrack smile

Benedict XVI books .  Pope Benedict XVI .  Pope John Paul II .  Cardinals .  List of Cardinals .  Home .  My Catholic Start Page .  Catholic Web Directory .  Discussion Forum .  Catholic Bookrack .  Smiles .  Catholic Books .  Catholic Music .  General Books .  Custom Holy Cards! .  Bibles .  Missals .  Videos .  Statues .  Rosary Beads .  Crucifixes .  Holy Cards .  Scapulars .

Cardinal Carter

Name:

H.E. Gerald Emmett Card. CARTER

Position:

Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto

Born:

Friday, March 01, 1912

Died:

6 April 2003 (Aged 91)

From:

Canada

Cardinal since:

Saturday, June 30, 1979

Title:

Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

Born 1 March ,1912, in Montreal, Canada, Cardinal Carter was ordained on 22 May, 1937. In 1948, he became the representative of the Archdiocese of Montreal on the Catholic school commission for the Province of Quebec. On 5 December, 1961, Pope John XXIII named him Titular Bishop of Altiburg and London, Canada. Consecrated on 12 February, 1962, and transferred to the diocese of London on 17 February, 1964, he was made Archbishop of Toronto on 27 April, 1978. Nominated cardinal by John Paul II during the Consistory of 30 June, 1979, he renounced his position as Archbishop on 17 March, 1990