Géry Leuliet

Who is Géry Leuliet?

Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet is a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and 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 January 15, 1985 and turned 100 on January 12, 2010 as the bishop's dean in France. Upon the death of Nguyen Van Thien on May 13, 2012, he became the oldest bishop in the world.