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Palestine

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
29 Jun 1955 Bishop Kamal Hanna BathishAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
29 Jun 1955 Patriarch Michel SabbahPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
15 Feb 1959 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Jun 1959 Bishop Salim SayeghAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
3 Jul 1960 Archbishop Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
10 Jul 1960 Archbishop Antonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio
8 Aug 1965 Bishop Grégoire Pierre MelkiPatriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian)
29 Jun 1966 Patriarch Fouad Boutros TwalPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
1 Apr 1967 Archbishop Giuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio
5 May 1967 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
6 Aug 1967 Archbishop Paul Nabil El-SayahCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
22 Jun 1969 Bishop Giacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Most Junior
24 Jun 2006 Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine SemaanPatriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian)
31 Oct 1999 Archbishop Nersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
9 Jul 1998 Father Iyad TwalAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
30 Aug 1997 Bishop Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
16 Jan 1997 Father Nareg (Narek Louis) Naamoyan (Namo)Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian)
20 Aug 1995 Archbishop Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B.Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
27 Jun 1992 Bishop Rafic NahraAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
15 Sep 1990 Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M.Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
8 Jul 1988 Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman DaibesBishop of Djibouti
12 Jul 1987 Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-AyyashProtosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
24 Dec 1980 Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) CoussaBishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
14 Aug 1980 Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel

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