Gerald Emmett Carter

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His Eminence Gerald Emmett Carter CC
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto
See	Toronto
Installed	April 29, 1978
Term ended	March 17, 1990
Predecessor	Philip Francis Pocock
Successor	Aloysius Ambrozic
Other post(s)	Bishop of London
Orders
Ordination	May 22, 1937 by Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps
Consecration	February 2, 1962 by Paul-Émile Léger
Created cardinal	June 30, 1979 by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born	(1912-03-01)March 1, 1912 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	April 6, 2003(2003-04-06) (aged 91) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Buried	Holy Cross Cemetery
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps Date May 22, 1937 Place Montreal Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Paul-Émile Léger Co-consecrators John Christopher Cody, Alexander Carter Date February 2, 1962 Place Montreal Cardinalate Elevated by Pope John Paul II Date June 30, 1979
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Gerald Emmett Carter as principal consecrator Peter Alfred Sutton July 18, 1974 Eugène Philippe LaRocque September 3, 1974 James Leonard Doyle June 28, 1976 Michael Pearse Lacey June 21, 1979 Robert Bell Clune June 21, 1979 Leonard James Wall June 21, 1979 Attila Miklósházy November 4, 1989

Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter CC (March 1, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

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