Australia

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
19 Mar 1959		Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C.	Bishop Emeritus of Broome
12 Sep 1962		Bishop Myles McKeon	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
5 Sep 1967		Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra-Goulburn
28 Nov 1967		Archbishop Leonard Anthony Faulkner	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide
4 Dec 1968		Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearns	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat
1 May 1969		Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite	Bishop Emeritus of Lismore
10 Aug 1969		Archbishop Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
2 Jul 1970		Bishop Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C.	Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
15 Nov 1970		Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia
19 Jan 1974		Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy	Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
19 Jan 1974		Bishop David Cremin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney
29 Jul 1975		Bishop John Joseph Gerry	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane
Most Junior
16 Oct 2012		Bishop Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Ballarat
11 Jul 2012		Bishop Robert McGuckin	Bishop of Toowoomba
9 Feb 2012		Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy	Bishop of Armidale
16 Sep 2011		Bishop Robert Rabbat	Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek)
23 Jun 2011		Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
15 Jun 2011		Bishop William Joseph Wright	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
8 Jun 2011		Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
26 Jun 2009		Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna	Bishop of Bathurst
17 Jun 2009		Bishop Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Bishop of Sandhurst
16 Nov 2007		Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
15 Jun 2007		Bishop Peter John Elliott	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
15 Jun 2007		Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Perth

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