Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet (born January 12, 1910) is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 and is currently the 2nd oldest bishop living and the oldest French bishop.

Leuliet was born in France

Richebourg-l'Avoué

Richebourg-l'Avoué is a village and former commune in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was merged with Richebourg-Saint-Vaast to form the commune of Richebourg on 21 February 1971.-World War One:...

, and was ordained

Holy Orders

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 to the priesthood

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 on July 8, 1933 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras

Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The episcopal see is the Arras Cathedral, in the city of Arras. The diocese encompasses all of the Department of Pas-de-Calais, in the Region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais...

 . He was appointed Bishop of Amiens on February 14, 1963 and received his episcopal consecration

Bishop (Catholic Church)

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 on May 9, 1963.

Leuliet retired January 15, 1985 and turned 100 on January 12, 2010 as the bishop's dean in France.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Diocese Site (French)