Career
Coutinho was born in Capistrano, in the state of Ceará, in 1910. He was ordained a priest on December 3, 1933, then appointed auxiliary bishop of Sobral, Ceará, on August 4, 1956. Coutinho was appointed bishop of Estância, Sergipe, on January 28, 1961, retiring as bishop of Estância on June 1, 1985.
He was Titular Bishop of Uthina from October 28, 1956 to January 28, 1961.
He died in Fortaleza, Ceará, of cardiac arrest on November 7, 2008.