What is Géry Leuliet?
'''Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet''' (12 January 1910 &ndash; 1 January 2015) was a [[France|French]] [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[List of oldest Catholic bishops|oldest bishop]] of the [[Catholic Church]] at 104 years of age. Leuliet was born in [[Richebourg-l'Avoué]]. He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] on 8 July 1933, in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras]]. He was appointed Bishop of [[Diocese of Amiens|Amiens]] on 14 February 1963 and received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on 9 May 1963. Leuliet retired on 15 January 1985 and [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on 12 January 2010 as the bishop's dean in France. Upon the death of [[Nguyen Van Thien]] on 13 May 2012, he became the oldest bishop in the world.<ref>[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106024403/https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Urbi-Orbi/Carnet/Mgr-Gery-Leuliet-doyen-de-l-episcopat-mondial-_NG_-2012-05-15-806492 |date=2022-01-06 }}, [[La Croix]], 15 May 2012</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bleuliet.html Catholic-Hierarchy] *[http://catholique-amiens.cef.fr/index.php?toc=bienvenue Diocese Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527181808/http://catholique-amiens.cef.fr/index.php?toc=bienvenue |date=2008-05-27 }} (French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Leuliet, Gery}} [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:French centenarians]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:People from Amiens]] {{bio-stub}}