George Raphael Carpentier, O.P., Death, 1967-11-03
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal materials relating to friars after they have left the order, passed away, or transferred to another province. Each friar's file contents are mostly limited to their novitiate records, canonical assignments, historically important correspondence, and a small number of personal items if desired upon their passing. Within the broader collection, each Friar is sorted as a series.
Friars with particuarly substantial historically important papers or items outside of the scope of the Personal Files are placed within a dedicated collection under their name.
This collection is a work in progress and any use of these files requires the explicit permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist to discuss access or inquire about friars that may not been cataloged yet.
Dates
- Creation: Death, 1967-11-03
Conditions Governing Access
Requires explicit permission from Provincial to access any records. Contact the Archivist for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Can only be accessed upon written permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist for further details.
Biographical / Historical
He was born in Rennes, France, on March 28, 1887. At an early age he came to America with his parents and was educated in the College of St. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec, Loyola College, Baltimore, and St.
Charles College, Endicott City (now located at Catonsville), Maryland. He entered the Order at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, where he made profession on December 3, 1908. He was then sent to the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., where, having also matriculated at the Catholic University of America, he was ordained in the Chapel at Caldwell Hall, June 25, 1913.
His first assignment was to Aquinas High School, Columbus, Ohio, where he taught for ten years, interrupting his teaching to serve as Chaplain in the Fourth Ohio National Guard Regiment which came to be incorporated in the famed Forty-second or Rainbow Division in World War I. For service beyond the call of duty, he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross. Father Carpentier never wearied of talking about his military career and he carried on a zealous apostolate among fellow veterans of the war for many long years after hostilities had ceased.
Beginning in 1924, he served as Chaplain at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, for two years, but in November 1926, he became pastor and superior at St. Mary's in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was a veritable apostle in the eastern counties of the State. In 1937, he was sent to St. Margaret's in Boyce, Louisiana, where he exercised his zeal in north central Louisiana-territory where the Faith had all but been forgotten or neglected. Having become affiliated to the newly created Province of St. Albert the Great, he became pastor of the Church of the Nativity, Campti, La. In 1946 he was called upon to establish in Guthrie, Oklahoma, a mission for colored people which was dedicated to St. Catherine.
There he devoted the remainder of his active life.
He entered Mercy Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa, in 1964 where he submitted to surgery for cancer. Although he made rather notable improvement, he was not able for long to continue his labors in Oklahoma to which he desired to return. Consequently he was obliged to take up residence in St. Rose Priory, Dubuque, where, despite his debility he attended choir in a wheelchair and was able to concelebrate Mass almost daily. He died on November 3, 1967, and his body was interred in the community cemetery at St. Peter Martyr Priory, Winona, Minnesota.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Province of St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Repository
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