Walter de Coutances

Walter de Coutances
Archbishop of Rouen (en) 1184 - ← Rotrou (en) - Robert Poulain (en) → Dioceses: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen (en) Roman Catholic Bishop of Lincoln (England) (en) 1183 - ← Geoffrey (mul) - Hugh of Lincoln (mul) → Dioceses: Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln (England) (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Cornwall (en) , 12 century
Mutuwa	Rouen, 16 Disamba 1207
Makwanci	Rouen Cathedral (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	priest (en) , mai shari'a da ɗan siyasa
Imani
Addini	Cocin katolika

Walter de Coutances ana kuma kiran sa da Walter of Rouen, ko Walter of Coutances.}} (ya mutu a ranar 16 ga watan Nubamba shekara ta 1207) ya kasance bishop na Anglo-Norman na Lincoln kuma babban bishop na Rouen . Shidai ya fara aikinsa na sarauta a gwamnati ta Henry II, yana aiki a matsayin mataimakin Shugaba kasa. Ya kuma tara ofisoshin coci da masuyawa, ya zamanto Canon na Rouen Cathedral, mai ba da kuɗi na Rouen, da kuma Archdeacon na Oxford. Sarki Henry ya tura shi kan ayyukan diflomasiyya da yawa kuma a ƙarshe ya ba shi kyauta tare da bishopric na Lincoln a cikin shekara ta 1183. Bai zauna a can na dogon lokaci ba, domin an fassara shi zuwa Rouen a ƙarshen shekara ta 1184.

Lokacin da Richard I, ɗan Sarki Henry, ya zama sarki a cikin 1189, Coutances ya yafe Richard saboda tawaye da mahaifinsa kuma ya sanya shi a matsayin Duke na Normandy. Daga nan sai ya bi Richard zuwa Sicily yayin da sarki ya fara Crusade na Uku, amma abubuwan da suka faru a Ingila sun sa Richard ya aika da babban bishop zuwa Ingila don yin sulhu tsakanin William Longchamp, mai shari'a wanda Richard ya bar shi a matsayin mai kula da mulkin, da Yarima John, ɗan'uwan Richard. Coutances ya yi nasarar tabbatar da zaman lafiya tsakanin Longchamp da John, amma ƙarin ayyukan da Longchamp ya yi ya haifar da korar mai shari'a daga Ingila, wanda Coutances ta maye gurbinsa, duk da cewa bai taɓa amfani da taken ba. Ya kasance a cikin ofishin har zuwa ƙarshen 1193, lokacin da sarki ya kira shi zuwa Jamus, wanda aka tsare shi a can. Coutances ya zama mai garkuwa don biyan kudin fansa na karshe na Richard a lokacin da aka saki sarki a watan Fabrairun 1194.