Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter

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Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, CC (March 1, 1912 - April 6, 2003) was the Archbishop of Toronto.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was ordained as a priest in Montreal in 1937. He was Bishop of London, Ontario from 1964 to 1978, when he was appointed Archbishop of Toronto. He retired in 1990 and was succeeded by Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic.

Styles of Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Toronto

In 1982 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. The library at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario in London is named after him, as is Cardinal Carter Catholic High School in Aurora, Ontario.

Cardinal Carter died in Toronto and is buried at the Bishops’ Mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery north of Toronto.

[edit] References

• Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on February 10, 2005.

Religious Posts
Preceded by Philip Francis Pocock	Archbishop of Toronto 1978–1990	Succeeded by Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic