Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Mar 1912		Born
22 May 1937	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada
1 Dec 1961	49.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
1 Dec 1961	49.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Altiburus
2 Feb 1962	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Altiburus
17 Feb 1964	51.9	Appointed	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
12 Mar 1964	52.0	Installed	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
27 Apr 1978	66.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 Jun 1978	66.2	Installed	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 Jun 1979	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Jun 1979	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
17 Mar 1990	78.0	Retired	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6 Apr 2003	91.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MicroData Summary for Gerald Emmett Carter
(VIAF: 7257506; WikiData: Q586927)
Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter (born 11 Mar 1912, died 6 Apr 2003) Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1979: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Ordained Priest Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Ordained Bishop Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Death Place Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario

a priest for 65.8 years
a bishop for 41.1 years
a cardinal for 23.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alphonse-Emmanuel Deschamps †
Titular Bishop of Thennesus
Principal Consecrator:
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Christopher Cody †
Bishop of London, Ontario
Bishop Alexander Carter †
Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. † (1950)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Frederick Bernard Henry (1968)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. † (1974)
Bishop Eugène Philippe LaRocque † (1974)
Bishop James Leonard Doyle † (1976)
Bishop Michael Pearse Lacey † (1979)
Bishop Robert Bell Clune † (1979)
Archbishop Leonard James Wall † (1979)
Bishop Attila Miklósházy, S.J. † (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Adolphe Proulx † (1965)
Bishop Bernard Francis Pappin † (1975)
Bishop Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario † (1975)
Bishop John Michael Beahen † (1977)
Bishop Gilles Bélisle † (1977)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Ordained Priest	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Ordained Bishop	Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec
Death Place	Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross, Cemetery, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 9
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 171, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 30 Jun 1979
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 337, to Page 340

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