El Salvador

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
9 Jul 1961		Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de Castro	Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
19 Mar 1966		Archbishop Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
29 Jun 1966		Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango
25 Jun 1968		Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana
24 Jan 1970		Gregorio Cardinal Rosa Chávez	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Salvador
25 Sep 1971		Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bosnia and Herzegovina
27 Oct 1979		Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.	Bishop of Zacatecoluca
5 Dec 1981		Bishop Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino	Bishop of Santa Ana
15 Aug 1982		Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas	Archbishop of San Salvador
28 Jun 1986		Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
6 Apr 1987		Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Bishop of San Miguel
6 Jan 1988		Bishop Óscar Álvarez Orellana	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador
27 Dec 1988		Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera	Bishop of Santiago de María
1 Apr 1989		Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of San Vicente
20 Apr 1990		Archbishop Luigi Roberto Cona	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
8 Dec 1990		Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales	Bishop of Sonsonate
19 Mar 1996		Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D.	Bishop of Chalatenango
29 May 2004		Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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