India

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
1 May 1973		Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)
15 Aug 1973		Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar)
5 May 1974		Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Balasore
24 Apr 1977		Bishop George Punnakottil	Bishop Emeritus of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar)
5 Nov 1977		Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Nov 1977		Bishop Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.	Bishop Emeritus of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar)
17 Feb 1979		Bishop Ignatius Menezes	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer
24 Jun 1980		Bishop John Baptist Thakur, S.J.	Bishop Emeritus of Muzaffarpur
29 Nov 1981		Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B.	Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati
24 Apr 1983		Bishop Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I.	Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar)
4 Oct 1984		Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T.	Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)
23 Oct 1984		Bishop Bali Gali	Bishop Emeritus of Guntur
Most Junior
24 Aug 2024		Bishop Joseph Susainathan (Soosainathan)	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore
24 Aug 2024		Bishop Arokiaraj Satis Kumar	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore
18 Aug 2024		Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj	Bishop of Tanjore
6 Aug 2024		Bishop Wilfred Gregory Moras	Coadjutor Bishop of Jhansi
30 Jun 2024		Bishop Antony Valumkal	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly
17 Jun 2024		Bishop Simião Purificaçao Fernandes	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão
30 Apr 2024		Bishop Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S.	Bishop of Nalgonda
24 Apr 2024		Bishop Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D.	Bishop of Kurnool
9 Apr 2024		Bishop Prakash Sagili	Bishop of Khammam
9 Apr 2024		Bishop Duming Dias	Bishop of Karwar
8 Apr 2024		Bishop Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu	Bishop of Jabalpur
6 Apr 2024		Bishop Bernard Lancy Pinto	Bishop of Aurangabad

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