Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1929		Born	Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
29 Jun 1957	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
22 Jan 1982	52.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
25 Mar 1982	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
12 Jun 1999	70.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
3 Nov 2007	78.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

a priest for 50.3 years
a bishop for 25.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger †
Bishop Basil Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville † (1982)
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger Francis Crispian Hollis
Bishop Philip Pargeter
Bishop Terence John Brain
Bishop Brian Michael Noble
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Gerard Thomas †
Archbishop Patrick Altham Kelly

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