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Lebanon

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
9 Sep 1917 Archbishop Paul CoussaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
18 Feb 1920 Bishop André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian)
15 May 1920 Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal SfeirPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
1 Mar 1921 Bishop Spiridon MattarBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite), Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec 1921 Carlo Cardinal FurnoGrand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Roman Curia
14 Nov 1922 Bishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}
5 May 1923 Bishop Chucrallah HarbBishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite)
12 May 1923 Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
4 Jul 1923 Bishop John George ChedidBishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
25 Sep 1924 Archbishop Grégoire HaddadArchbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite)
15 Mar 1925 Bishop Emile EidOfficial Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
30 Sep 1925 Bishop Joseph HittiBishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
Youngest
14 Jul 1962 Archbishop Joseph SoueifArchbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
16 May 1962 Archbishop Georges Bacaouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite)
22 Mar 1962 Bishop Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
25 Oct 1960 Bishop Elias NassarBishop of Saïda (Maronite)
28 Jan 1960 Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite)
24 Feb 1958 Archbishop Gabriele Giordano CacciaApostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
24 Jun 1957 Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite)
1 Jun 1956 Bishop Michel KassarjiBishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean)
23 Mar 1956 Bishop Edgar MadiBishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Nov 1949 Bishop Antoine Nabil AndariAuxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
18 Apr 1948 Bishop Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
25 Nov 1946 Archbishop Luigi GattiApostolic Nuncio to Greece

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