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Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville | |
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Archbishop of Birmingham | |
Archdiocese | Birmingham |
See | Birmingham |
Appointed | 22 January 1982 |
Installed | 25 March 1982 |
Term ended | 12 June 1999 |
Predecessor | George Patrick Dwyer |
Successor | Vincent Gerard Nichols |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 June 1957 |
Consecration | 25 March 1982 by Bruno Heim |
Personal details | |
Born | St Germain-en-Laye, France | 27 June 1929
Died | 3 November 2007 Littlehampton, West Sussex | (aged 78)
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | Ales diei nuntius (The Winged Herald of the Day) |
Styles of Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace |
Religious style | Archbishop |
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.