Honorific Prefix: | Monsignor |
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.
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]