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Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained
Bishop		YearsNameCurrent Title
22 Jun 1969 Pio Cardinal LaghiPrefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study), Roman Curia
4 Jan 1970 Archbishop William Aquin CarewApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
3 Oct 1971 Archbishop Carlo CurisApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
4 Jun 1977 Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di MontezemoloArchpriest 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 SayeghAuxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
9 Nov 1985 Archbishop Pietro SambiApostolic Nuncio to United States of America
6 Jan 1988 Archbishop Michel SabbahPatriarch Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
26 Apr 1992 Archbishop Antonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio to Israel
22 Jul 1992 Archbishop Fouad TwalPatriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
3 Jul 1993 Bishop Kamal Hanna BathishAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
3 Jul 1993 Bishop Giacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}
2 Oct 2005 Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh LahhamBishop of Tunis, Tunisia
24 Mar 2006 Archbishop Georges Michel BakarVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite)
17 Jul 2008 Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla BaderArchbishop of Alger, Algeria

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