James Francis Carney (June 28, 1915 – September 16, 1990) was a Canadian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
[3] On March 21, 1942, James Carney was ordained a priest by Archbishop William Mark Duke in Vancouver.
[6] This is because Carney gave his full support to Pope Paul VI's controversial encyclical Humanae Vitae.
[6] Though he was known for his tall, imposing and yet shy demeanour, Carney was involved in controversy and labelled "anti-union" when he ordered a Catholic school to close after its teachers had joined a labour union.
[9] 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.
[2] Carney developed cancer in 1989 and subsequently submitted his resignation in June of the following year in accordance with church policy, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
[10] The Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School, located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, was built and named in his honour.