William Aquin Carew
Titular Bishop of Telde
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeTitular See of Telde
In office1969–2012
Predecessornone
Orders
OrdinationJune 15, 1947
ConsecrationJanuary 4, 1970
by Ildebrando Antoniutti
Personal details
Born(1922-10-23)October 23, 1922
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
DiedMay 8, 2012(2012-05-08) (aged 89)
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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]

Biography

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

  1. ↑ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: CAR…". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. ↑ "Archbishop William Aquin Carew [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. 1 2 "Alumnus of the Year". St. Bonaventure's College. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Peters, Edward N. (2001). The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law. Ignatius Press. p. 113n41.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Death of the Most Reverend William Aquin Carew" (Press release). Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. May 9, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 Gyapong, Deborah (May 8, 2012). "Archbishop Carew had extensive diplomatic career". The Catholic Register. Canadian Catholic News. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Pope and Patriarch Pray That Faithful May Be One". New York Times. January 7, 1964. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVI. 1974. p. 288. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXV Part I. 1983. p. 785. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  10. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 815. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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