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Syrian Arab Republic

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
8 Aug 1930 Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine BeylouniCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
15 Dec 1933 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
2 May 1936 Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian)
30 Jun 1937 Archbishop Giovanni Battista MorandiniApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Syria
13 Jan 1940 Archbishop Diego CauseroApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
28 Apr 1940 Bishop Massoud MassoudBishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)
12 Nov 1940 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
6 May 1941 Bishop Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
8 Feb 1943 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek)
3 Mar 1943 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
9 Nov 1943 Bishop Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B.Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
15 Nov 1944 Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) YounanPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
Youngest
17 Jul 1979 Bishop Rami Flaviano Al-KabalanApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
4 Jan 1972 Father Nareg (Narek Louis) Naamoyan (Namo)Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
28 Mar 1971 Archbishop Joseph TobjiArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite)
27 Sep 1970 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)
14 Feb 1970 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
6 Jun 1969 Archbishop Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
28 Jun 1968 Archbishop Julian Yacoub MuradArchbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian)
26 May 1968 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
6 Jan 1967 Father Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M.Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab]
29 Apr 1961 Bishop Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
12 Jan 1961 Bishop Antoine ChbeirBishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)
15 Aug 1959 Archbishop Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil ChamiArchbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)

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