Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Archdiocese
- Karachi
- Appointed
- 25 January 2012
- Term ended
- 11 April 2021
- Predecessor
- Evarist Pinto
- Successor
- Benny Mario Travas
- Other post
- Cardinal Priest of San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio (2018–present)
- Previous posts
- Coadjutor Bishop of Hyderabad (1988–1990) Bishop of Hyderabad (1990–1998) Bishop of Faisalabad (1998–2012)
- Ordination
- 9 January 1971, by Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers
- Consecration
- 16 September 1988, by Bonaventure Patrick Paul
- Created cardinal
- 28 June 2018, by Pope Francis
- Rank
- Cardinal priest
- Born
- ( 1945-07-21 ) 21 July 1945 (age 80) , Amritsar , British India
- Parents
- Pedro Jose Couto
- Alma mater
- St. Anthony High School, Lahore
- Motto
- Harmony
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Amritsar
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Award
- Paul VI Prize
- Participant in
- 2025 conclave
- Image
- Mgr Coutts à la Nuit des Témoins 2016.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Coutts (born 21 July 1945) is a Pakistani prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Karachi from 2012 to 2021. He served as Bishop of Faisalabad from 1998 to 2012.
Pope Francis made Coutts a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joseph Coutts” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.