We announce the sad news of the death of Fr Joseph Alphonsus Carter on 16 December 2024,
Fr Joe died peacefully at Craigavon Area Hospital in Portadown, Co Armagh. Born Lurgan, Co Armagh on 14 May 1936 and ordained on 12 July 1986 at St Bernadette’s, Hillingdon by Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, Fr Joe had been living in retirement in Ireland since 2017.
Fr Joe’s Funeral Mass will at St Peter’s Church, North Street, Lurgan on Friday 20 December at 10.30am followed by cremation at Lakelands Crematorium, Co Cavan. The Mass will be livestreamed: www.lurganparish.com/stpeters-webcam/
Condolences are extended to Fr Joe’s family and friends and to parishioners who knew him from his ministry in the Diocese and more recently in Ireland.
Fr Joe was a member of the Deceased Clergy Association.
We pray for the peaceful repose of Fr Joe’s soul:
Hear with favour our prayers,
which we humbly offer, O Lord,
for the salvation of the soul of Fr Joe your servant and priest,
that he, who devoted a faithful ministry to your name,
may rejoice in the perpetual company of your saints.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
