James Francis Carney

Ordination ordained deacon by = date of diaconal ordination = place of diaconal ordination = ordained priest by = William Mark Duke date of priestly ordination = March 21, 1942 place of priestly ordination = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada consecrated by = Sergio Pignedoli co-consecrators = Martin Michael JohnsonMichael Cornelius O'Neill date of consecration = February 11, 1966 place of consecration = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada elevated by = date of elevation = bishop 1 = Lawrence Sabatini consecration date 1 = September 21, 1978 bishop 2 = Peter Mallon consecration date 2 = February 2, 1990 sources = His family was Irish Catholic. He had two brothers—John and Bernard—and one sister, Josephine, who became a nun and is Carney's last surviving sibling. His height was described as "towering". endured by the archdiocese. With the Second Vatican Council having just been completed, many Catholics in Vancouver who saw the council as a call for "revolution" Furthermore, he declined to accept money from the United Way of Canada, as they were also funding pro-choice groups. As a result of his socially conservative stances, there were many deep divisions from within the archdiocese throughout Carney's tenure. Six years later, Carney helped organize the Catholic Charities Justice Services in order to help those who are imprisoned. Known for his steadfast support of priestly vocations, Carney was chosen by Pope John Paul II to be a member of the Congregation for the Clergy in 1986.

Legacy The Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School, located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, was built and named in his honour. Carney also mandated that St. Paul's Hospital open its doors without hesitation to people with AIDS, even as other hospitals turned them away.