Portugal

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
22 Aug 1948		Bishop António José Rafael	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda
29 Jun 1950		Archbishop Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
1 Aug 1954		Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima
4 Jun 1955		Archbishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora
22 Sep 1956		Bishop Teodoro de Faria	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal
16 Mar 1957		José Cardinal Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Roman Curia
14 Jul 1957		Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
13 Jul 1958		Bishop António Montes Moreira, O.F.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda
15 Aug 1958		Bishop Jacinto Tomás de Carvalho Botelho	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego
12 Jul 1959		Bishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira	Bishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo
24 Jul 1960		Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
7 Aug 1960		Bishop João Miranda Teixeira	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto
Most Junior
29 Jun 1993		Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia
29 Nov 1992		Bishop Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes	Bishop of Mindelo, Cape Verde
16 Jun 1991		Bishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro	Bishop of Bragança-Miranda
4 Jul 1987		Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}
19 Oct 1986		Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga
13 Jul 1986		Bishop António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto
29 Jun 1986		Bishop Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga
29 Sep 1985		Bishop Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes	Bishop of Coimbra
30 Jun 1985		Bishop José Augusto Traquina Maria	Bishop of Santarém
24 Jul 1983		Bishop Joaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}
9 Aug 1981		Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I.	Bishop of Setúbal
4 Jul 1981		Bishop António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos	Bishop of Aveiro

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