Born: February 7, 1938

Married: Barbara Carr

Children: Two Children



Graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Orangeburg, SC. Earned B.A. degree from Livingstone College in 1970 and the M. Div. from Hood Theological Seminary in 1972.



Began his ministry in 1961 at Rush Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, Jamaica, NY; admitted to annual conference in 1963 at Jackson Memorial A.M.E. Zion, Hempstead, NY. He was ordained a deacon in June 1964 at Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church, Mt. Vernon, NY by Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw; ordained an elder February 4, 1966 at Walls Center, Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, NC by Bishop William Jacob Walls.

He has pastored the following: Roosevelt Mission, Roosevelt, Long Island, NY; Grace, Patchoque, Long Island, NY; Moore’s Chapel, Lincolnton, NC; Southern City, East Spencer, NC; Jackson Memorial, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; and Washington Metropolitan, St. Louis, Missouri. While at Jackson Memorial, he led the congregation in purchasing a parsonage, in addition to paying the mortgage on the church in full several years early.

Bishop Carr was elected to the episcopacy from the pastorate of Washington Metropolitan, and consecrated the 89th Bishop on July 28, 1992 by the 44th General Conference meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.



Bishop Carr has extensive civic activities, including: member of the Board of Alderman, East Spencer, NC; Mayor-Pro Tem, East Spencer, NC; member of Village of Hempstead Board of Trustees Senior Citizen Nutritional and Recreational Program, Nassau County, NY; leadership role in the integration of public school, Rowan County, NC; establishment of Group Home for Juveniles Boys and Girls, Hempstead, NY; completion of Phase III of Lucas Heights Housing Development, St. Louis, Mo.; participation in organizing the Airport Chaplaincy, St. Louis, Mo.; and chairperson of Tower Village Nursing Home Board, St. Louis, Mo.