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Iraq

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
20 Jun 1930 Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba MatokaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian)
15 Dec 1933 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
10 Oct 1937 Bishop Ibrahim Namo IbrahimBishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
4 Aug 1938 Archbishop Djibrail KassabBishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
25 Oct 1938 Archbishop Basile Georges CasmoussaApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
8 Jan 1941 Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
14 Mar 1941 Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz JammoBishop Emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA
24 May 1942 Archbishop Giuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
24 Apr 1943 Bishop Shlemon WarduniCurial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
23 Nov 1943 Archbishop Youhanna Boutros MosheArchbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian)
15 Apr 1946 Fernando Cardinal FiloniGrand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Roman Curia
20 Jun 1946 Patriarch Youssef (Joseph) Absi, S.M.S.P.Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
Youngest
10 Sep 1982 Archbishop Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) HanoArchbishop of Mossul (Syrian)
4 Apr 1978 Archbishop Imad Khoshaba GargeesArchbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
14 Feb 1976 Bishop Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al MekkoBishop of Alquoch (Chaldean)
19 Jan 1975 Bishop Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al ShabiBishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean)
3 Jan 1975 Archbishop Atanasius Firas Mundher DardarPatriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian)
23 Oct 1973 Bishop Robert Saeed JarjisBishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
6 Sep 1972 Bishop Saad SiropApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
23 May 1970 Bishop Basel Salim YaldoCurial Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean)
3 Jan 1970 Archbishop Mitja LeskovarApostolic Nuncio to Iraq
15 Jun 1969 Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean)
6 Jun 1969 Archbishop Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian)
1 Nov 1967 Archbishop Amel Shamon NonaBishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia

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