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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
21 Nov 1955--> Archbishop Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
13 Aug 1958--> Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
15 Feb 1959--> Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
29 Jun 1962--> Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
24 Jul 1965--> Archbishop Elias ChacourArchbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
2 Feb 1966--> Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela
18 Dec 1966--> Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
5 May 1967--> Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
15 Apr 1968--> Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
15 Apr 1968--> Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
10 May 1970--> Bishop Nicholas James SamraBishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
28 Jun 1970--> Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Baalbek, Lebanon
Most Junior
6 May 2000--> Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
19 Jun 1999--> Archbishop Youssef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
8 May 1999--> Archbishop Edouard Georges Daher, B.C.Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus}
24 Apr 1999--> Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
14 Apr 1999--> Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
4 Oct 1998--> Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
8 Sep 1998--> Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān, Syria
16 Aug 1998--> Father Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P.Apostolic Administrator of Argentina
11 Jul 1998--> Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr, Lebanon
8 Dec 1996--> Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del PradoPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
16 Dec 1995--> Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
30 Jul 1995--> Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon

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