Maurice Couture, (November 3, 1926 – January 19, 2018)
Maurice Couture's obituary
was a Canadian
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Catholic
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bishop as Archbishop of Québec from 1990 until his retirement in 2002. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec
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, 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
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Catholic Hierarchy profile
1926 births
2018 deaths
French Quebecers
Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec
Roman Catholic bishops of Baie-Comeau
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