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Palestine

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
29 Jun 195569.74 Bishop Kamal Hanna BathishAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
29 Jun 195569.74 Patriarch Michel SabbahPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
15 Feb 195966.11 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Jun 195965.74 Bishop Salim SayeghAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
3 Jul 196064.72 Archbishop Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
10 Jul 196064.71 Archbishop Antonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio
8 Aug 196559.63 Bishop Grégoire Pierre MelkiPatriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian)
29 Jun 196658.74 Patriarch Fouad Boutros TwalPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
1 Apr 196757.98 Archbishop Giuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio
5 May 196757.89 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
6 Aug 196757.63 Archbishop Paul Nabil El-SayahCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
22 Jun 196955.76 Bishop Giacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Most Junior
24 Jun 200618.75 Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine SemaanPatriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian)
31 Oct 199925.40 Archbishop Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
9 Jul 199826.71 Bishop Iyad Akram TwalAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
30 Aug 199727.57 Bishop Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
16 Jan 199728.19 Father Nareg (Narek Louis) Naamoyan (Namo)Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian)
20 Aug 199529.59 Archbishop Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B.Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
27 Jun 199232.74 Bishop Rafic NahraAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
15 Sep 199034.53 Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M.Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
8 Jul 198836.71 Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman DaibesBishop of Djibouti
12 Jul 198737.70 Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-AyyashProtosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
24 Dec 198044.25 Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) CoussaBishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
14 Aug 198044.61 Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel

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