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Venezuela

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
26 Jun 1932 Archbishop Ramón Ovidio Pérez MoralesBishop Emeritus of Los Teques
14 Sep 1934 Bishop Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques
17 Dec 1936 Bishop Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, C.I.M.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mérida
26 Dec 1936 Bishop Ramón Antonio Linares SandovalBishop Emeritus of Barinas
1 Aug 1938 Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
23 Apr 1939 Bishop José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho
8 May 1939 Mister José Joaquín Troconis Montiel
17 May 1939 Diego Rafael Cardinal Padrón SánchezArchbishop Emeritus of Cumaná
13 Feb 1940 Archbishop André Pierre Louis DupuyApostolic Nuncio
16 May 1941 Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo
31 Aug 1941 Archbishop Giacinto BerlocoApostolic Nuncio
18 Nov 1943 Leonardo Cardinal SandriPrefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia
Youngest
15 Nov 1973 Bishop Juan Alberto Ayala RamírezAuxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
20 Jun 1970 Bishop José Antonio Da Conceição FerreiraBishop of Puerto Cabello
17 Jul 1969 Bishop Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C.Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
5 Dec 1968 Bishop Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros VivasVicar Apostolic of Caroní
31 Aug 1968 Bishop Luis Enrique Rojas RuizBishop of Punto Fijo
7 Jul 1968 Bishop Ricardo Aldo Barreto CairoBishop of Valle de la Pascua
14 Apr 1968 Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
16 Mar 1968 Bishop Rubén Gregorio Delgado CarmonaBishop of San Felipe
13 Aug 1967 Archbishop Polito Rodríguez MéndezArchbishop of Barquisimeto
8 Aug 1967 Bishop Juan de Dios Peña RojasBishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia
20 Oct 1966 Bishop Gerardo Ernesto Salas ArjonaBishop of Acarigua-Araure
26 Jan 1966 Bishop Carlos Alfredo Cabezas MendozaBishop of Ciudad Guayana

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