Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1905		Born	Glasgow, Great Britain
6 Sep 1938	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
18 Jul 1954	49.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
18 Jul 1954	49.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Adraa
24 Oct 1954	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Adraa
29 Feb 1956	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
12 Aug 1972	67.1	Resigned	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
7 Jun 1996	90.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 41.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George Weld, S.J. †
Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † (1954)
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi † (1954)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Benedict Singh
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Justin James Field, O.P. †
Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †
Bishop Aloysius Ferdinandus (Luigi) Zichem, C.SS.R.

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