Bishop Gérard Couturier †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1913		Born
25 Mar 1938	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
27 Dec 1956	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
28 Feb 1957	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
12 Mar 1957	44.1	Installed	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
7 Sep 1974	61.6	Resigned	Bishop of Hauterive, Québec, Canada
2 Feb 1999	86.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary
Gérard Couturier
Bishop Gérard Couturier
(born 11 Jan 1913, died 2 Feb 1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place St-Louis-du-Ha-Ha, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Priest Rimouski, Diocese of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Ordained Bishop St-Germain, Cathedral, Rimouski, Archdiocese of Rimouski, Québec
Death Place Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Buried Place (Original) Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 41.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †
Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles Eugène Parent †
Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Albini LeBlanc †
Bishop of Gaspé, Québec
Bishop Marius Paré †
Titular Bishop of Aegae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles Eugène Parent † (1944)
Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec
Bishop Georges-Alexandre Courchesne † (1928)
Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec
Felix-Raymond-Marie Cardinal Rouleau, O.P. † (1923)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop Pietro di Maria † (1906)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 105314957
WikiData: Q20752375

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 25
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 406, and Page 407

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