Robert Marie Gay

Robert Marie Gay (22 January 1927 – 29 June 2016) was a Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate. He was the second bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale from 1996 to 2003.[1]

The Right Reverend

Robert Gay
Bishop Emeritus of Kabale
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMbarara
SeeKabale
Appointed11 January 1996
Term ended15 March 2003
PredecessorBarnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana
SuccessorCallistus Rubaramira
Other postsSuperior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (1980 -1986)
Orders
Ordination30 January 1954
Consecration9 March 1996
by Emmanuel Wamala
RankBishop
Personal details
Birth nameRobert Marie Gay
Born22 January 1927
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died29 June 2016(2016-06-29) (aged 89)
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Background and priesthood

Gay was born in Ottawa, Ontario on 22 January 1927. He joined the missionary congregation of the Missionaries of Africa and on 30 January 1954 was ordained as priest. He served as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), from 1980 until 1986.[1]

As bishop

Gay was appointed as bishop by the Pope Paul II on 11 January 1996. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 9 March 1996. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala, assisted by Bishop Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale and Bishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Bishop of Mbarara. Bisop Gay retired on 15 March 2003.[1]

Sickness and death

Gay died on 29 June 2016 at Passages Hospice, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 89 years.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. David M. Cheney (30 April 2018). "Bishop Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr.†". Kansas City: Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. Robert Muhereza (2 July 2016). "Kabale Diocese Bishop Emeritus Mary Gay Dies". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Barnabas R. Halem ’Imana		 Diocese of Kabale
1996–2003		 Succeeded by
Callistus Rubaramira
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