William Aquin Carew (October 23, 1922 – May 8, 2012) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1953 to 1997.[1]
William Aquin Carew | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Telde | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Titular See of Telde |
| In office | 1969–2012 |
| Predecessor | none |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 15, 1947 |
| Consecration | January 4, 1970 by Ildebrando Antoniutti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1922 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Died | May 8, 2012 (aged 89) St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
Biography edit
Carew was born in St. John's, Newfoundland on October 23, 1922.[2] He attended St. Bonaventure's College from 1937 to 1940 and then St. Paul's Seminary at the University of Ottawa. He ordained a priest on June 15, 1947.[3] He earned a doctorate in canon law from St. Paul's in 1950, choosing as his dissertation topic "The Apostolic Delegate".[4]
From 1947 to 1950, he was secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti.[5]
He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy from 1950 to 1952[5] and then worked in Rome at the Secretariat of State from 1953 to 1969,[6] where from 1963 to 1969 he headed the English-language section.[5] During Pope Paul's visit to the Holy Land in 1964, Carew served as interpreter between the Pope and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I.[7]
Carew was appointed titular bishop of the Telde as well as Apostolic Nuncio of Burundi and Rwanda on November 27, 1969,[3] and consecrated a bishop on January 6, 1970.
Pope Paul VI sent him to Bangladesh in 1972 with the title of extraordinary envoy.[6]
He was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine on May 13, 1974.[8] He also held the title Apostolic Visitor to Greece.[5]
Carew was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan on August 30, 1983,[9] and he retired from that post on November 11, 1997, upon the appointment of his successor.[10]
He died in St. John's on May 8, 2012.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: CAR…". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Archbishop William Aquin Carew [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b "Alumnus of the Year". St. Bonaventure's College. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ Peters, Edward N. (2001). The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law. Ignatius Press. p. 113n41. ISBN 978-0-89870-831-8.
- ^ a b c d "Death of the Most Reverend William Aquin Carew" (Press release). Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. May 9, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c Gyapong, Deborah (May 8, 2012). "Archbishop Carew had extensive diplomatic career". The Catholic Register. Canadian Catholic News. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ "Pope and Patriarch Pray That Faithful May Be One". New York Times. January 7, 1964. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVI. 1974. p. 288. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXV Part I. 1983. p. 785. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 815. Retrieved 8 December 2019.