Bishop Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1927		Born
Aug 1949³	22.5	Entered	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
26 Jun 1953	26.4	Professed	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
30 Jan 1954	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
18 Nov 1980	53.8	Elected	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
1986²	58.9	Ceased	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
15 Jul 1994	67.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kabale, Uganda
11 Jan 1996	68.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda
9 Mar 1996	69.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda
15 Mar 2003	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda
29 Jun 2016	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Robert-Marie Gay
Bishop Robert-Marie Gay M. Afr.
(born 22 Jan 1927, died 29 Jun 2016)
Bishop Emeritus of Kabale

Event Place
Birth Place Ottawa, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Good Counsel, Cathedral, Rushoroza, Diocese of Kabale

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 20.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala
Archbishop of Kampala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana †
Bishop Emeritus of Kabale
Bishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga †
Bishop of Mbarara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1981)
Archbishop of Kampala
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † (1966)
Archbishop of Kampala
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. † (2008)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 284807046
WikiData: Q2158176

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Number 12,694
d: CB, 30 Jun 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 543, and Page 544

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