Career
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 World War World War II After World 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.
Bishop Ley died in Naha.