Charles Alexander Grant

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Charles Alexander Grant (25 October 1906 – 24 April 1989) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Northampton from 1967 to 1982.^[1]

Born in Cambridge on 25 October 1906, he was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1935. He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton and Titular Bishop of Alinda on 6 February 1961. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 25 April 1961, the principal consecrator was Bishop Thomas Parker of Northampton, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Joseph Rudderham of Clifton and Bishop John Petit of Menevia. Grant participated in all the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council, held between in 1962 and 1965. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Northampton by the Holy See on 14 March 1967.^[1]

He retired on 16 February 1982 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of Northampton. He died on 24 April 1989, aged 82,^[1] and was buried at Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bishop Charles Alexander Grant at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 29 June 2011.
2. ^ "Former Bishops of the Diocese". The Diocese of Northampton. http://www.northamptondiocese.org/THEDIOCESE/OURHISTORY/PastBishops/tabid/93/Default.aspx. Retrieved 29 June 2011. 

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Preceded by Thomas Leo Parker	Bishop of Northampton 1967–1982	Succeeded by Francis Gerard Thomas