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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
30 Aug 201270.2AppointedGiuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio to CyprusApostolic Nuncio
16 Jan 201359.8ResignedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to Timor-LesteApostolic Nuncio to India
59.8ResignedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Delegate to MalaysiaApostolic Nuncio to India
59.8ResignedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Delegate to Brunei DarussalamApostolic Nuncio to India
27 Jan 201474.1ResignedElias ChacourArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)Archbishop Emeritus
59.9AppointedMoussa El-Hage, O.A.M.Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite)
Jun 201452.0SelectedGeorges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
21 Jun 201452.0ConfirmedGeorges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
5 Aug 201452.2InstalledGeorges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
60.4CeasedMoussa El-Hage, O.A.M.Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite)
17 Feb 201567.0AppointedAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Nuncio to AustraliaApostolic Nuncio
17 Mar 201554.9AppointedGiorgio LinguaApostolic Nuncio to CubaApostolic Nuncio to Israel
17 Jun 201676.4RetiredPaul Nabil El-SayahCurial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), LebanonCurial Bishop Emeritus
20 Jun 201690.8AppointedAndrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
28 Aug 201775.2RetiredGiuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio to IsraelApostolic Nuncio
75.2RetiredGiuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and PalestineApostolic Nuncio
75.2RetiredGiuseppe LazzarottoApostolic Nuncio to CyprusApostolic Nuncio
13 Sep 201764.5AppointedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to IsraelApostolic Nuncio to India
64.5AppointedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and PalestineApostolic Nuncio to India
15 Sep 201764.5AppointedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to CyprusApostolic Nuncio to India
19 Nov 201792.2DiedAndrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
8 Nov 201849.9SelectedYoussef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)
9 Nov 201856.4SelectedGeorges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
24 Nov 201856.5ConfirmedGeorges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
18 Mar 201950.2ConfirmedYoussef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)
1 Jun 201950.4Ordained BishopYoussef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek)
22 Jul 201959.3AppointedGiorgio LinguaApostolic Nuncio to CroatiaApostolic Nuncio to Israel
13 Mar 202168.0AppointedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to India
3 Jun 202173.3AppointedAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Nuncio to IsraelApostolic Nuncio
73.3AppointedAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Nuncio to CyprusApostolic Nuncio
73.3AppointedAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and PalestineApostolic Nuncio
13 Sep 202168.5AppointedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to NepalApostolic Nuncio to India
17 Feb 202375.0RetiredAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Nuncio to CyprusApostolic Nuncio
22 Jan 202665.8AppointedGiorgio LinguaApostolic Nuncio to Israel
65.8AppointedGiorgio LinguaApostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and PalestineApostolic Nuncio to Israel
77.9RetiredAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Nuncio to IsraelApostolic Nuncio
77.9RetiredAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaApostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and PalestineApostolic Nuncio

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