Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1901		Born	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
9 Aug 1925	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
13 Jan 1943	41.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
13 Jan 1943	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aezani
25 Mar 1943	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aezani
17 May 1945	44.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
29 Jan 1968	66.7	Resigned	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
29 Jan 1968	66.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
18 Feb 1971	69.7	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
27 Aug 1977	76.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 34.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart †
Bishop Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. † (1943)
Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. † (1892)
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain † (1876)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose † (1848)
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie †
Bishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †

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