It is with sadness that we announce the death of Fr John Carter, who died on the morning of Friday 1 August, in St James’s University Hospital, Leeds. Please pray for the repose of Fr John’s soul and remember his family and his close friends at this time.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.
The Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Fr John Carter’s body will be received into St Paul the Apostle Church, Alwoodley, Leeds, LS17 5ES on Monday 18 August at 6.30pm. The reception of his body will be followed by Mass.
Fr John’s Requiem Mass will take place at St Paul’s on Tuesday 19 August at 11.00am followed by interment at St Edward King and Confessor Church, Chapel Lane, Clifford, LS23 6HU
Please keep Fr John and his family and friends in your prayers at this time.
Fr John Carter RIP
Fr Carter was born on 18 July 1948. As a boy he studied at the junior seminary at St Hugh’s College, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. He later trained for the priesthood at the English College, Lisbon and after the closure of the college in 1973 he transferred to the Pontifical Beda College in Rome to complete his studies.
Fr Carter was ordained to the priesthood on 23 June 1979 at the Church of St Pius X at Grimsby in Lincolnshire, by the then Bishop of Leeds, Bishop William Gordon Wheeler.
Between 1979 and 1990 Fr Carter served as Assistant Priest in several parishes across the Diocese of Leeds: Ss Peter & Paul, Sandal (1979-83); St Joseph, Keighley (1983-84); St Paul, Alwoodley, Leeds (1984-89); and St Joseph, Bradford (1989-90).
In 1990 Fr Carter was appointed Parish Priest of St Peter’s, Leeds Road, Bradford. In 1995 he became Parish Priest of St Joseph’s, Brighouse. After ten years at Brighouse, he moved to Leeds to become the Parish Priest of St Patrick’s, Torre Road in 1995.
Ill health obliged Fr Carter to retire from parochial office in 2011 and for the next fourteen years he lived at Shadwell in North Leeds. His priestly ministry continued however, as he became a great support to the clergy of St John Mary Vianney Parish and often celebrated Mass for the congregations at the Church of the Immaculate Heart, Moortown and at St Paul’s, Alwoodley.
After a short illness Fr Carter died, aged seventy-seven, at St James’s Hospital, Leeds on Friday 1 August.
May he rest in peace.
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