Felix Ley
Felix Ley (March 5, 1909 - January 23, 1972), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop and the apostolic administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands/Ryukyus, now the Diocese of Naha, in Naha, Japan.[1][2]
Biography
Alvin Ley was born in Hewitt, Wood County, Wisconsin United States and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 14, 1936.
Father Ley was sent to Guam, where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese army during World War II.[3] After World War II, he was sent to Okinawa.
On March 11, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed Felix Ley the apostolic administrator of the Okinawa and the Southern Islands/Ryukyus, and he was conscrated bishop on June 9, 1968.[4]
Bishop Ley died in Naha.[5]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.thepacificaps.org/?pg=our_legacy
- ↑ "Bishop Félix Ley, O.F.M. Cap.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/guam/guamroster.html
- ↑ http://www.capcomm.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/necrologiesjanuary.pdf
- ↑ 'Bishop Dies in Okinawa,' Milwaukee Sentinel, January 25, 1972, pg. 9
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Bishop of Naha 1968–1972 |
Succeeded by Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami |
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