Venezuela

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
14 Sep 1958		Bishop Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría	Bishop Emeritus of Maturín
19 Mar 1971		Archbishop Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques
25 Jul 1972		Archbishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar
10 Sep 1972		Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
9 Jun 1974		Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto
25 Jul 1974		Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña	Bishop Emeritus of Trujillo
20 Jan 1978		Bishop José Joaquín Troconis Montiel	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
18 May 1980		Archbishop Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M.	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo
19 Mar 1982		Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana
25 Mar 1982		Bishop Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust	Bishop of San Felipe
22 Sep 1982		Jorge Liberato Cardinal Urosa Savino	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
17 Sep 1983		Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo	Archbishop of Mérida
Most Junior
16 Feb 2013		Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo
8 Jul 2012		Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
14 Apr 2012		Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona
22 May 2011		Bishop Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
5 Feb 2011		Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
26 Jun 2010		Bishop Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez	Bishop of Carúpano
26 Sep 2009		Bishop Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
12 Sep 2009		Archbishop Pietro Parolin	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
7 Mar 2009		Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón	Bishop of Margarita
12 Jan 2008		Bishop Jesús González de Zárate Salas	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
31 Aug 2007		Bishop Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D.	Bishop of Trujillo
28 Apr 2007		Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

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