{{Short description|Canadian Catholic bishop (1909–2002)}} {{other people||Alex Carter (disambiguation)}} {{one source|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Alexander Carter | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}} | title = Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Sault Sainte Marie | see = | enthroned = 1958 | ended = 1985 | predecessor = Ralph Hubert Dignan | opposed = | successor = Marcel André J. Gervais | ordination = June 6, 1936 | consecration = | cardinal = | rank = | other_post = | motto = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|04|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|02|17|1909|04|16|df=y}} | death_place = North Bay, Ontario, Canada | buried = | denomination = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }} '''Alexander Carter''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (16 April 1909 &ndash; 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.

==References== * {{cite web | title=Bishop Alexander Carter | work=Catholic-Hierarchy | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarter.html | accessdate=May 15, 2006 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060626044948/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarter.html| archivedate= 26 June 2006 | url-status= live}}{{Self-published source|date=October 2015}}

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