Iraq

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
17 Apr 1941		Archbishop Paul Coussa	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian)
15 May 1945		Archbishop André Sana	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean)
13 Apr 1952		Archbishop Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B.	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
21 Dec 1952		Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Cardinal Delly	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
29 Sep 1954		Archbishop Luigi Conti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
17 Oct 1954		Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian)
19 Jan 1961		Archbishop Djibrail Kassab	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
10 Jun 1962		Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian)
30 Dec 1962		Bishop Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
20 Jun 1963		Archbishop Jacques Ishaq	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean)
19 Dec 1964		Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo	Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA
17 Apr 1966		Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
5 Jun 1966		Bishop Andraos Abouna	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean)
1 Apr 1967		Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
25 Dec 1967		Archbishop Emmanuel Dabbaghian	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian)
29 Jun 1968		Bishop Shlemon Warduni	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
1970		Bishop Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean)
3 Jul 1970		Archbishop Fernando Filoni	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
1973		Bishop Rabban Al-Qas	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean)
1973		Bishop Mikha Pola Maqdassi	Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean)
8 Dec 1973		Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Baghdad
1 Jun 1974		Archbishop Louis Sako	Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean)
3 Jun 1978		Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
11 Jan 1991		Archbishop Emil Shimoun Nona	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean)

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