Charles Alexander Grant (25 October 1906 – 24 April 1989) was an

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of the

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. He served as the

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from 1967 to 1982. Born in

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on 25 October 1906, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1921. He was

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to the priesthood on 16 June 1935. He was a parish priest in Ely from 1943-1945. On 6 February 1961, Grant was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton and

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of ''Alinda'' by

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. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 25 April from Bishop Thomas Parker of Northampton, with Bishops

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of Clifton and John Petit of Menevia serving as co-consecrators. Grant participated in all the four sessions of the

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, held between in 1962 and 1965. He was appointed the

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of the Diocese of Northampton by the

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on 14 March 1967. He retired on 16 February 1982 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of Northampton. He died on 24 April 1989, aged 82, and was buried at

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, Buckinghamshire.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Charles Alexander 1906 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Participants in the Second Vatican Council People from Cambridge Roman Catholic bishops of Northampton