Church Roman Catholic Church Successor incumbent Consecration January 4, 1970 Predecessor none Ordination June 15, 1947 | In office 1969–2012 Died May 8, 2012 See Titular See of Telde Name William Carew | |
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Born October 23, 1922
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador ( 1922-10-23 ) | ||
William Aquin Carew (October 23, 1922 – May 8, 2012) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography
Carew was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1922 and ordained a priest on June 15, 1947. He earned a doctorate in canon law from St. Paul's University in Ottawa in 1950, choosing as his dissertation topic "The Apostolic Delegate". Carew was appointed titular bishop of the Telde as well as Apostolic Nuncio of Burundi and Rwanda on November 27, 1969, and ordained a bishop on January 6, 1970. He was next appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine on May 10, 1974. Finally, Carew was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan on August 30, 1983, retiring from the post on November 11, 1997.