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Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
4 Jan 1970		Archbishop William Aquin Carew	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
3 Oct 1971		Archbishop Carlo Curis	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
4 Jun 1977		Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}, Roman Curia
27 Nov 1981		Archbishop Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
6 Jan 1982		Bishop Salim Sayegh	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
9 Nov 1985		Archbishop Pietro Sambi	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
6 Jan 1988		Archbishop Michel Sabbah	Patriarch Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
26 Apr 1992		Archbishop Antonio Franco	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
22 Jul 1992		Archbishop Fouad Twal	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
3 Jul 1993		Bishop Kamal Hanna Bathish	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
3 Jul 1993		Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
2 Oct 2005		Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia
24 Mar 2006		Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite)
17 Jul 2008		Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria

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