William Aquin Carew

William Aquin Carew (October 23, 1922 – May 8, 2012) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1953 to 1997.

Biography Carew was born in St. John's, Newfoundland on October 23, 1922. He attended St. Bonaventure's College from 1937 to 1940 and then St. Paul's Seminary at the University of Ottawa. He ordained a priest on June 15, 1947. He earned a doctorate in canon law from St. Paul's in 1950, choosing as his dissertation topic "The Apostolic Delegate".

From 1947 to 1950, he was secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti.

He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy from 1950 to 1952

Carew was appointed titular bishop of the Telde as well as Apostolic Nuncio of Burundi and Rwanda on November 27, 1969, He also held the title Apostolic Visitor to Greece. and he retired from that post on November 11, 1997, upon the appointment of his successor.

He died in St. John's on May 8, 2012.