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Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
21 Aug 198341.61 Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}
18 Dec 198341.28 Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine BeylouniCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
6 Oct 198539.48 Antonio Maria Cardinal VegliòPresident Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Roman Curia
12 Jul 198638.71 Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M.Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
27 Nov 198836.34 Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek)
4 Feb 199035.15 Archbishop Boutros MarayatiArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
18 Mar 199035.03 Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria
12 Aug 199034.63 Bishop Guy-Paul NoujaimAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite)
3 Aug 199133.66 Archbishop Paul Youssef MatarArchbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite)
30 Dec 199529.25 Bishop Flavien Joseph MelkiCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
7 Jan 199629.23 Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) YounanPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
11 May 199628.88 Archbishop Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek)
Most Junior
15 Jun 20240.79 Bishop Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B.Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA
8 Jun 20240.81 Archbishop Michel Jalakh, O.A.M.Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia
26 May 20240.84 Bishop Robert (Krikor) Badichah, I.C.P.B.Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian)
26 Sep 20231.51 Bishop Albert Matta BahhuthAuxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
12 Oct 20222.46 Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
8 Oct 20222.48 Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek)
3 Sep 20222.57 Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del PradoPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek)
18 Jun 20222.78 Bishop Ephrem Elie Joseph WardeBishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
18 Jun 20222.78 Archbishop Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil ChamiArchbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
18 Jun 20222.78 Bishop Isaac Jules Peter Georges BoutrosCurial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
30 Oct 20213.42 Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
29 Jul 20213.67 Archbishop Selim Jean SfeirArchbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)

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