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Fr Daniel Louis Carter

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Fr Daniel Louis Carter

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
19 Dec 1978 (aged 48)
Louisiana, USA
Burial
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Father Daniel Louis Carter OP., was killed on December 19, 1978, when the single engine plane he was piloting crashed on take off near Independence, Louisiana. Following liturgical services at Mater Dolorosa Church in Independence, Louisiana, and at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, Illinois, he was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, on December 23.

Daniel James Patrick Carter was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21, 1930. He received his early education at Howard, St. Joseph, and St. Francis Xavier Schools in Wilmette, Illinois; Bishop Quarter Military Academy in Oak Park; Hollandale Schoolin Hollandale, Wisconsin; Platteville State Teachers' Elementary School in Platteville, Wisconsin; and St. Jerome Parish School in Chicago. After graduating from St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, in 1949, he served in the Marine Corps Reservewhile studying at the University of Notre Dame for two years. In 1951, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Peter Martyr Priory, Winona, Minnesota, and was assigned Louis as a Religious Name. After first profession on August 31, 1952, he moved to the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, for philosophical studies and to the College of St. Albert in Oakland, California, for theological courses. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1957, in San Francisco's Cathedral of St. Mary.

Father Carter returned to St. Albert's Province in 1958, to complete his final year of theology in Dubuque, Iowa; he was then given a temporary assignment at St. Pius V Parish in Chicago until October 1959, when he left the States to work in the Provincial Vicariate of Nigeria. For seven years he served in the pastoral ministry in Northern Nigeria: Holy Family in Sokoto; Our Lady of Lourdes in Yelwa; St. Theresa in Funtua; St. Vincent Ferrer in Malumfashi.

In 1966 Father Carter returned to the States and was assigned to the Newman Centerat the University of Houston. From 1967 to 1970, he served as associate pastor at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then returned to campus ministry for a year at Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas.

By 1971 Father Carter had hopes of returning to the Nigerian missions, but political difficulties at the tithe put sharp restrictions on the number of visas granted to United States citizens. For two years, he served as parish priest and hospital chaplain in Kumasi and Ashanti, Ghana, while waiting for authorization to return to Nigeria. Since his plans for resuming work in Nigeria failed to materialize, he returned to the States in 1973, and began a program of graduate studies in theology at Aquinas Institute in Dubuque, Iowa, where he completed the requirements for a master's degree in 1975.

Two years of preaching ministry followed with the Dominican Evangelical Preaching Team based in Oklahoma City. In 1977 Father Carter was assigned to serve as associate pastor at Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana. There he devoted his free time to fulfilling a dream nurtured in Nigeria and Ghana of winning a license as a private pilot, a goal he achieved not long before his fatal accident.
Father Daniel Louis Carter OP., was killed on December 19, 1978, when the single engine plane he was piloting crashed on take off near Independence, Louisiana. Following liturgical services at Mater Dolorosa Church in Independence, Louisiana, and at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, Illinois, he was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, on December 23.

Daniel James Patrick Carter was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21, 1930. He received his early education at Howard, St. Joseph, and St. Francis Xavier Schools in Wilmette, Illinois; Bishop Quarter Military Academy in Oak Park; Hollandale Schoolin Hollandale, Wisconsin; Platteville State Teachers' Elementary School in Platteville, Wisconsin; and St. Jerome Parish School in Chicago. After graduating from St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, in 1949, he served in the Marine Corps Reservewhile studying at the University of Notre Dame for two years. In 1951, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Peter Martyr Priory, Winona, Minnesota, and was assigned Louis as a Religious Name. After first profession on August 31, 1952, he moved to the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, for philosophical studies and to the College of St. Albert in Oakland, California, for theological courses. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1957, in San Francisco's Cathedral of St. Mary.

Father Carter returned to St. Albert's Province in 1958, to complete his final year of theology in Dubuque, Iowa; he was then given a temporary assignment at St. Pius V Parish in Chicago until October 1959, when he left the States to work in the Provincial Vicariate of Nigeria. For seven years he served in the pastoral ministry in Northern Nigeria: Holy Family in Sokoto; Our Lady of Lourdes in Yelwa; St. Theresa in Funtua; St. Vincent Ferrer in Malumfashi.

In 1966 Father Carter returned to the States and was assigned to the Newman Centerat the University of Houston. From 1967 to 1970, he served as associate pastor at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then returned to campus ministry for a year at Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas.

By 1971 Father Carter had hopes of returning to the Nigerian missions, but political difficulties at the tithe put sharp restrictions on the number of visas granted to United States citizens. For two years, he served as parish priest and hospital chaplain in Kumasi and Ashanti, Ghana, while waiting for authorization to return to Nigeria. Since his plans for resuming work in Nigeria failed to materialize, he returned to the States in 1973, and began a program of graduate studies in theology at Aquinas Institute in Dubuque, Iowa, where he completed the requirements for a master's degree in 1975.

Two years of preaching ministry followed with the Dominican Evangelical Preaching Team based in Oklahoma City. In 1977 Father Carter was assigned to serve as associate pastor at Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana. There he devoted his free time to fulfilling a dream nurtured in Nigeria and Ghana of winning a license as a private pilot, a goal he achieved not long before his fatal accident.


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  • Created by: Eman Bonnici
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70346555/daniel_louis-carter: accessed ), memorial page for Fr Daniel Louis Carter (21 Oct 1930–19 Dec 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70346555, citing All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Eman Bonnici (contributor 46572312).