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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
27 Nov 198143.35 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
27 Nov 198836.35 Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
6 Jul 198935.74 Bishop Nicholas James SamraBishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
29 Jun 199034.76 Archbishop Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
10 Oct 199232.48 Archbishop Isidore Battikha, B.A.Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud), Syria
16 Sep 199529.55 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
17 Dec 199529.29 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
21 Dec 199529.28 Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela
11 May 199628.89 Archbishop Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol, Lebanon
19 Feb 200025.12 Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
4 Mar 200025.08 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
2 Sep 200123.58 Patriarch Youssef (Joseph) Absi, S.M.S.P.Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
Most Junior
12 Oct 20222.47 Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
8 Oct 20222.48 Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr, Lebanon
3 Sep 20222.58 Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del PradoPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
27 Nov 20213.35 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
30 Oct 20213.42 Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
16 Oct 20213.46 Archbishop Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
7 Mar 20205.07 Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
25 Aug 20195.60 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
1 Jun 20195.84 Archbishop Youssef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
1 Feb 20196.17 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān, Syria
28 Jun 20159.76 Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio GallaroSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia
21 Dec 201311.28 Archbishop Joseph GébaraArchbishop of Petra e Filadelfia, Jordan

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