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Syrian Arab Republic

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
8 Aug 1930 Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine BeylouniCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
15 Dec 1933 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
2 May 1936 Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian)
13 Jan 1940 Archbishop Diego CauseroApostolic Nuncio
12 Nov 1940 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
6 May 1941 Bishop Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
8 Feb 1943 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek)
3 Mar 1943 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
9 Nov 1943 Bishop Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B.Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
15 Nov 1944 Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) YounanPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
4 May 1945 Archbishop Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
18 Nov 1945 Bishop Timoteo Hikmat BeylouniApostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
Youngest
17 Jul 1979 Bishop Rami Flaviano Al-KabalanApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
28 Mar 1971 Archbishop Joseph TobjiArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite)
27 Sep 1970 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)
14 Feb 1970 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
6 Jun 1969 Archbishop Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
16 Nov 1968 Archbishop Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B.Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
28 Jun 1968 Archbishop Julian Yacoub MuradArchbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian)
26 May 1968 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
29 Apr 1961 Bishop Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian)
12 Jan 1961 Bishop Antoine ChbeirBishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)
15 Aug 1959 Archbishop Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil ChamiArchbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)
7 Apr 1959 Archbishop Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek)

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