Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet | |
Bishop Emeritus of Amiens | |
Diocese: | Amiens |
See: | Amiens |
Appointed: | 14 February 1963 |
Term End: | 15 January 1985 |
Predecessor: | René-Louis-Marie Stourm |
Successor: | François Jacques Bussini |
Ordination: | 8 July 1933 |
Consecration: | 9 May 1963 |
Consecrated By: | Gérard-Maurice Eugène Huyghe |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1910 |
Birth Place: | Richebourg-l'Avoué, France |
Death Place: | Arras, France |
Nationality: | French |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Mgr Géry Leuliet.svg |
Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet (12 January 1910 – 1 January 2015) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and at the time of his death, was the oldest bishop of the Catholic Church, at 104 years of age.
Leuliet was born in France and was ordained to the priesthood on 8 July 1933 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras. He was appointed Bishop of Amiens on February 14, 1963 and received his episcopal consecration on 9 May 1963. Leuliet retired as the bishop's dean in France on 15 January 1985. Upon the death of Nguyen Van Thien on 13 May 2012 he became the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop.[1] He died at age 104 on 1 January 2015.[2]