Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jul 1905		Born
6 Sep 1938	33.1	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	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Adraa
29 Feb 1956	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
12 Aug 1972	67.0	Resigned	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
7 Jun 1996	90.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

MicroData Summary for Richard Lester Guilly
Bishop Richard Lester Guilly S.J. (born 6 Jul 1905, died 7 Jun 1996) Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Glasgow, Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Georgtown, Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana

a priest for 57.7 years
a bishop for 41.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George Weld, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Mallus
Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. †
Bishop of Lishui [Lishui]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Benedict Ganesh Singh † (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Justin James Field, O.P. † (1957)
Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † (1966)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Glasgow, Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Georgtown, Vicariate Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana

Source(s):

c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
ob.loc: CB, 1 Jun 2021

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