Jean-Guy Couture Explained

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Jean-Guy Couture
Bishop of Chicoutimi
Archdiocese:Quebec
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Term Start:5 April 1979
Term End:19 June 2004
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Predecessor:Marius Paré
Ordination:30 May 1953
Consecration:15 August 1975
Consecrated By:Maurice Roy
Birth Date:1929 5, df=y
Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Jean-Guy Couture (6 May 1929 – 2 January 2022) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate.[1] He was a diocesan bishop of Chicoutimi, having served from 1979 to 2004.

Biography

Native to the Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec, Couture was ordained on 30 May 1953 following his studies at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He became Bishop of Hauterive, having been consecrated on 15 May 1975 by Maurice Roy.[2] In 1979, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Chicoutimi. He retired in 2004, having reached the age of 75.[3] His motto was "Charity, Joy, Peace".

Couture died on 2 January 2022, at the age of 92.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Jean-Guy Couture †. Catholic-Hierarchy.
  2. Web site: Nomination de Mgr Jean-Guy Couture comme évêque du diocèse de Hauterive. Bilan du siècle. French.
  3. Web site: Chicoutimi. Assemblée des évêques catholiques du Québec. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070809144414/http://www.eveques.qc.ca/dioceses/Chicoutimi.html. 9 August 2007.
  4. News: Beaupuy. Solveig. 2 January 2022. Monseigneur Jean-Guy Couture s'éteint à 92 ans. French. Le Quotidien. 3 January 2022.