Alexander Carter (16 April 1909 – 17 February 2002) was a

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, who served as head of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario The Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario (, ) was decreed on September 16, 1904 and is formed by the southern portions of the districts of Thunder Bay, Algoma, Sudbury and Nipissing. The area has a long history within the Roman Catholic Chur ...

from 1958 to 1985.

Biography

Born in

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, the brother of Cardinal

Gerald Emmett Carter Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter (March 1, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979. Biography Youth and ordi ...

, 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

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between 1960 and 1986. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the

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. He died at

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. In 1994, his memoir, ''Alex Carter: A Canadian Bishop's Memoirs'' (), was published. Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School in

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is named in his honour.

References

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