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Alexander Carter

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The Most Reverend
Alexander Carter
OC
Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie
Diocese Sault Sainte Marie
Installed 1958
Term ended 1985
Predecessor Ralph Hubert Dignan
Successor Marcel André J. Gervais
Orders
Ordination June 6, 1936
Consecration February 2, 1957
Personal details
Born 16 April 1909
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died 17 February 2002 (aged 92)
North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Alexander Carter OC (16 April 1909 – 17 February 2002) was a Canadian bishop, who served as head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario from 1958 to 1985.

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the brother of Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter, he was ordained a priest in 1936. From 1958 to 1985, he was the bishop of Sault Sainte Marie. He was the chancellor of the University of Sudbury between 1960 and 1986. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He died at North Bay, Ontario.

In 1994, his memoir, Alex Carter: A Canadian Bishop's Memoirs (ISBN 0-9692787-5-6), was published.

Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School in Hanmer, Ontario is named in his honour. St. Alexander's elementary school in North Bay, Ontario was also named after him.

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