Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Maurice Couture | |
Honorific-Suffix: | R.S.V. |
Archbishop of Quebec | |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Archdiocese: | Québec |
Province: | Québec |
See: | Québec |
Appointed: | March 17, 1990 |
Term End: | November 15, 2002 |
Predecessor: | Louis-Albert Vachon |
Other Post: | Primate Emeritus of Canada |
Ordination: | June 17, 1951 |
Consecration: | October 22, 1982 |
Consecrated By: | Louis-Albert Vachon |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1926 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec |
Death Place: | Quebec |
Maurice Couture, (November 3, 1926 – January 19, 2018)[1] was a Canadian Catholic bishop who served as Archbishop of Québec from 1990 until his retirement in 2002. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec, he was ordained a priest in 1951. He was Bishop of Baie-Comeau from 1988 until 1990.
In 2003, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.