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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
21 Nov 195569.37 Archbishop Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
13 Aug 195866.64 Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
15 Feb 195966.13 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
29 Jun 196262.76 Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
24 Jul 196559.69 Archbishop Elias ChacourArchbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
2 Feb 196659.17 Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela
18 Dec 196658.29 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
5 May 196757.91 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
15 Apr 196856.96 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
15 Apr 196856.96 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
10 May 197054.90 Bishop Nicholas James SamraBishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
28 Jun 197054.76 Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Baalbek, Lebanon
Most Junior
6 May 200024.91 Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
19 Jun 199925.79 Archbishop Youssef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
8 May 199925.90 Archbishop Edouard Georges Daher, B.C.Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus}
24 Apr 199925.94 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
14 Apr 199925.97 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
4 Oct 199826.50 Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
8 Sep 199826.57 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān, Syria
16 Aug 199826.63 Father Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P.Apostolic Administrator of Argentina
11 Jul 199826.73 Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr, Lebanon
8 Dec 199628.32 Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del PradoPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
16 Dec 199529.30 Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
30 Jul 199529.67 Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon

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