{{short description|Catholic cardinal}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Gerald Emmett Carter | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|size=100%}} | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto|Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto]] | image = | caption = | province = | diocese = | see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto|Toronto]] | appointed = April 27, 1978 | enthroned = June 5, 1978 | ended = March 17, 1990 | predecessor = [[Philip Francis Pocock]] | successor = [[Aloysius Ambrozic]] | ordination = May 22, 1937 | ordained_by = [[Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps]] | consecration = February 2, 1962 | consecrated_by = [[Paul-Émile Léger]] | cardinal = June 30, 1979 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | rank = | other_post = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario|Bishop of London]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|3|1}} | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|4|6|1912|3|1}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada | buried = [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill|Holy Cross Cemetery]] | residence = | parents = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Gerald Emmett Carter.svg | module = {{Ordination | embed = yes | ordained priest by = [[Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps]] | date of priestly ordination = May 22, 1937 | place of priestly ordination = [[Montreal]] | consecrated by = [[Paul-Émile Léger]] | co-consecrators = [[John Christopher Cody]],<br>[[Alexander Carter]] | date of consecration = February 2, 1962 | place of consecration = [[Montreal]] | elevated by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | date of elevation = June 30, 1979 | bishop 1 = [[Peter Alfred Sutton]] | consecration date 1 = July 18, 1974 | bishop 2 = [[Eugène Philippe LaRocque]] | consecration date 2 = September 3, 1974 | bishop 3 = [[James Leonard Doyle]] | consecration date 3 = June 28, 1976 | bishop 4 = [[Michael Pearse Lacey]] | consecration date 4 = June 21, 1979 | bishop 5 = [[Robert Bell Clune]] | consecration date 5 = June 21, 1979 | bishop 6 = [[Leonard James Wall]] | consecration date 6 = June 21, 1979 | bishop 7 = [[Attila Miklósházy]] | consecration date 7 = November 4, 1989 }} }} '''Gerald Emmett [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] Carter''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} (March 1, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto|Archbishop of Toronto]] from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]] in 1979. {{Infobox cardinal styles | cardinal name=Gerald Emmett Carter | dipstyle=[[His Eminence]] | offstyle=Your Eminence | relstyle=[[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] | deathstyle=none | See=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto|Toronto]] ([[emeritus]]) | image = Coat of arms of Gerald Emmett Carter.svg | image_size = 200px }}

==Biography==

===Youth and ordination=== The youngest of eight children, Emmett Carter was born on March 1, 1912, in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], to an [[Irish Catholic]] family. His father was a [[Typesetting|typesetter]] for ''[[The Montreal Star]]'', his brother, [[Alexander Carter|Alexander]], would become [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario|Bishop of Sault-Sainte-Marie]], and two of his sisters would become [[nun]]s.

Carter attended the [[Collège de Montréal]] before studying at the Grand [[Seminary]] and the [[Université de Montréal]], where he obtained his [[Licentiate in Theology]] in 1936. He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] by the [[Archdiocese of Montreal|Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal]] [[Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps]] on May 22, 1937.

===Parish work=== Carter then did [[Parish (Catholic Church)|pastoral]] work in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal|Archdiocese of Montreal]] until 1939, when he became the first [[Director (education)|director]] of the [[English language|English]] section of Jacques-Cartier [[Normal school]].

During his tenure as [[chaplain]] to the Catholic students at [[McGill University]] from 1942 to 1956, where he played a key role in establishing the [http://www.newmancentre.org Newman Centre of McGill University], he was also named director of the English section of [[Catholic Action]] (1944) and [[president (education)|president]] of the [[Thomas More Institute]] (1946),<ref>Lisa Fitterman, [http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20100906.OBCHARLOTTTETANSEYATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths "Dedicated to the pursuit of lifelong learning: Founder of Thomas More Institute for Adult Education had fierce vision and passion for knowledge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318033646/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20100906.OBCHARLOTTTETANSEYATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |date=2012-03-18 }}", ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 21 February 2014.</ref> and earned his [[Doctor of Theology|doctorate in theology]] in 1947.

===Archbishop of Toronto=== He was [[Roman Catholic Bishops of London, Ontario|Bishop of London, Ontario]], from 1964 to 1978, when he was appointed [[Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto|Archbishop of Toronto]]. He retired in 1990 and was succeeded by [[Aloysius Ambrozic]].

In 1976, he received an honorary doctorate from [[Concordia University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.concordia.ca/carter-g|title=Honorary Degree Citation - Gerald Emmett Carter* {{!}} Concordia University Archives|website=archives.concordia.ca|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> In 1982 he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=264|accessdate=26 May 2010}}</ref> The library at [[King's University College (University of Western Ontario)|King's University College]] at the [[University of Western Ontario]] in London is named after him, as are [[Cardinal Carter Catholic High School]] in [[Aurora, Ontario]], [[Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] and Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School in [[Leamington, Ontario]].

An important figure in Montreal's education system, founding St. Joseph's Teachers College for English-speaking Catholics, Cardinal Carter was a member of the Montreal Catholic School Commission for 15 years, and active at McGill University's Newman Club and the St. Thomas More Institute.

[[File:CardinalCarterAcademyForTheArts - 20150609.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts]] in Toronto, named after Carter]]

==Pastoral programs== In Toronto, Carter was responsible for expanding the Archdiocese's pastoral programs, Catholic education and social services as well as implementing the reforms of Vatican II. He was involved with the opening of Covenant House for street youth and worked with the province of Ontario to provide affordable housing to the elderly and disabled.

Cardinal Carter died in [[Toronto]] on April 6, 2003, and is buried at the Bishops' Mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery north of [[Toronto]].

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * {{cite web | title=Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter | work=Catholic-Hierarchy | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarterg.html | accessdate=April 25, 2009}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2016}}

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