Maurice Couve de Murville (bishop)

Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville
Archbishop of Birmingham
ArchdioceseBirmingham
SeeBirmingham
Appointed22 January 1982
Installed25 March 1982
Term ended12 June 1999
PredecessorGeorge Patrick Dwyer
SuccessorVincent Gerard Nichols
Orders
Ordination29 June 1957
Consecration25 March 1982
by Bruno Heim
Personal details
Born(1929-06-27)27 June 1929
St Germain-en-Laye, France
Died3 November 2007(2007-11-03) (aged 78)
Littlehampton, West Sussex
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoAles diei nuntius (The Winged Herald of the Day)
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Styles of
Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleArchbishop

Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville (27 June 1929 – 3 November 2007) was a French-born British Roman Catholic bishop. He was the seventh Archbishop of Birmingham from 25 March 1982 until his retirement on 12 June 1999, having formerly been a priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton and chaplain of Fisher House, Cambridge.