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Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet (12 January 1910 – 1 January 2015) was a French
prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Minister (Christianity), Christian clergy who is an Ordinary (church officer), ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which me ...
of the
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and at the time of his death, was the oldest bishop of the
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, at 104 years of age. Leuliet was born in
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and was
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to the priesthood on 8 July 1933 in the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras The Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal s ...
. He was appointed Bishop of
Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
on February 14, 1963, and received his
episcopal consecration A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
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. He died at age 104 on 1 January 2015.Décès de Mgr Géry Leuliet, doyen de l’épiscopat mondial
, January 2, 2015


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(French) 1910 births 2015 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Bishops of Amiens French men centenarians {{France-RC-bishop-stub