death_date consecration nationality coat_of_arms birth_date term_end death_place title name ordination consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type appointed successor religion see article_title
1 january 2015 9 may 1963 french coat of arms of mgr géry leuliet.svg 12 january 1910 15 january 1985 arras , france bishop emeritus of amiens géry-jacques-charles leuliet 8 july 1933 gérard-maurice eugène huyghe rené-louis-marie stourm richebourg-l'avoué , france bishop 14 february 1963 françois jacques bussini roman catholic amiens géry leuliet

géry leuliet

géry-jacques-charles leuliet -lrb- 12 january 1910 -- 1 january 2015 -rrb- 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 july 8 , 1933 , in the roman catholic diocese of arras .
he was appointed bishop of amiens on february 14 , 1963 and received his episcopal consecration on may 9 , 1963 .
leuliet retired as the bishop 's dean in france on january 15 , 1985 and turned 100 on january 12 , 2010 .
upon the death of nguyen van thien on may 13 , 2012 , he became the oldest living roman catholic bishop .
he died 11 days before his 105th birthday on 1 january 2015 .
