Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1901		Born
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, 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	43.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
29 Jan 1968	66.6	Resigned	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
29 Jan 1968	66.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
18 Feb 1971	69.7	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
27 Aug 1977	76.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

MicroData Summary for Jean Gay
(VIAF: 56651466; WikiData: Q16027367)
Bishop Jean Gay C.S.Sp. (born 24 May 1901, died 27 Aug 1977) Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre)

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Event Place
Birth Place Bourg-en-Bresse, Diocese of Belley, France
Ordained Bishop Sainte Thérèse d`Auteuil, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Death Place Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 34.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Europus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart †
Titular Bishop of Elatea
Bishop Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe †
Bishop of Belley

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. † (1892)
Titular Bishop of Alinda
Bishop Abel-Anastase Germain † (1876)
Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand Cardinal de Bonnechose † (1848)
Archbishop of Rouen
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (1969)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. † (1945)
Bishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie † (1950)
Bishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † (1956)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bourg-en-Bresse, Diocese of Belley, France
Ordained Bishop	Sainte Thérèse d`Auteuil, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Death Place	Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 13

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