Felix Ley Explained

Felix Ley
Honorific-Suffix:Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
Bishop of Naha
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Term:1968-1972
Ordination:June 14, 1936
Consecration:June 9, 1968
Birth Name:Alvin Ley
Birth Date:5 March 1909
Birth Place:Hewitt, Wood County, Wisconsin United States
Death Place:Naha
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Felix Ley (March 5, 1909 - January 23, 1972), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop and the apostolic administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands/Ryukyus, now the Diocese of Naha, in Naha, Japan.[1]

Biography

Alvin Ley was born in Hewitt, Wood County, Wisconsin United States and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 14, 1936.

Father Ley was sent to Guam, where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese army during World War II.[2] He was held prisoner of war at Kobe, Japan. After World War II, he was sent to Okinawa.

On March 11, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed Felix Ley the apostolic administrator of the Okinawa and the Southern Islands/Ryukyus, and he was consecrated bishop on June 9, 1968.[3]

Bishop Ley died in Naha.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THEPACIFICAPS.ORG - Our Legacy . 2008-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080529214845/http://www.thepacificaps.org/?pg=our_legacy . 2008-05-29 . dead .
  2. Web site: Roster of Guam Military, Native Guard,and Civilians Captured and taken to Japan.
  3. http://www.capcomm.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/necrologiesjanuary.pdf
  4. 'Bishop Dies in Okinawa,' Milwaukee Sentinel, January 25, 1972, pg. 9