Géry Leuliet Explained

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]

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  1. http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Urbi-Orbi/Carnet/Mgr-Gery-Leuliet-doyen-de-l-episcopat-mondial-_NG_-2012-05-15-806492 Mgr Gery Leuliet, doyen de l'épiscopat mondial
  2. http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Deces-de-Mgr-Gery-Leuliet-doyen-de-l-episcopat-mondial-2015-01-02-1287378 Décès de Mgr Géry Leuliet, doyen de l’épiscopat mondial

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