Bishop Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1909		Born
14 Jun 1936	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
21 Jan 1949	39.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
11 Mar 1968	59.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla
9 Jun 1968	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla
24 Jan 1972	62.8	Died	Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan

MicroData Summary
Félix Alvin D. Ley
Bishop Félix Alvin D. Ley O.F.M. Cap.
(born 5 Mar 1909, died 24 Jan 1972)
Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)

Event Place
Birth Place Hewitt, WI, USA
Ordained Priest Marathon, WI, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Ordained Bishop Ginowam City, Okinawa, Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)
Death Place Naha, Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)
Buried Place (Original) St. Clara, Church, Yonabaru-cho, Okinawa, Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)

a priest for 35.6 years
a bishop for 3.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Richard Griffin †
Titular Bishop of Lydda
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg †
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †
Archbishop of Nagasaki
Bishop Joseph Asjiro Satowaki †
Bishop of Kagoshima

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg † (1966)
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Felixberto Camacho Flores † (1970)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hewitt, WI, USA
Ordained Priest	Marathon, WI, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Ordained Bishop	Ginowam City, Okinawa, Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)
Death Place	Naha, Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)
Buried Place (Original)	St. Clara, Church, Yonabaru-cho, Okinawa, Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus)

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WikiData: Q5442259

Source(s):

ab: CB, 27 Jan 2018
loc: CB, 28 Jan 2018
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 3, Number 68

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