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Palestine

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
26 Dec 1931 Bishop Kamal Hanna BathishAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
19 Mar 1933 Patriarch Michel SabbahPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
15 Dec 1933 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
10 Mar 1935 Archbishop Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
15 Mar 1935 Bishop Salim SayeghAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
24 Mar 1937 Archbishop Antonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
12 Dec 1939 Bishop Grégoire Pierre MelkiPatriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian)
26 Dec 1939 Archbishop Paul Nabil El-SayahCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
23 Oct 1940 Patriarch Fouad Boutros TwalPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
9 Jun 1941 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
24 May 1942 Archbishop Giuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
24 Apr 1945 Bishop Giacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Youngest
2 May 1980 Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine SemaanPatriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian)
4 Jan 1972 Father Nareg (Narek Louis) Naamoyan (Namo)Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian)
25 Sep 1971 Father Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
6 Jun 1969 Archbishop Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
21 Apr 1965 Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M.Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
3 Jul 1964 Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman DaibesBishop of Djibouti
27 Jan 1959 Bishop Rafic NahraAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
4 Dec 1955 Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-AyyashProtosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
19 Feb 1954 Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
17 Jun 1953 Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) CoussaBishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
13 Mar 1953 Archbishop Leopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to India
22 Jul 1951 Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla BaderApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Dominican Republic

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