Maurice Couve de Murville (bishop)

Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville (* June 27, 1929 in Saint- Germain -en- Laye, France, † November 3, 2007 in Littlehampton, UK) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

Life

Maurice Couve de Murville received on 29 June 1957, the sacrament of Holy Orders. Later he worked as a chaplain at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sussex.

On January 22, 1982 Pope John Paul II appointed him archbishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. He received his episcopal consecration Archbishop Bruno Bernard 's home. Co-consecrators were Archbishop Jean- Marie Lustiger and Bishop Basil Christopher Butler.

Pope John Paul II took on 12 June 1999 to be pre- mounted for health reasons resignation. Beginning of November 2007 Maurice Couve de Murville died after a long and serious cancer disease in a nursing home in Littlehampton.

He was honor - Konventualkaplan the Order of Malta and a cousin of the French politician and former Prime Minister Maurice Couve de Murville.