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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

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Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
27 Nov 1981 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
27 Nov 1988 Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
6 Jul 1989 Bishop Nicholas James SamraBishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
29 Jun 1990 Archbishop Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
10 Oct 1992 Archbishop Isidore Battikha, B.A.Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud), Syria
16 Sep 1995 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
17 Dec 1995 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
21 Dec 1995 Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela
11 May 1996 Archbishop Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol, Lebanon
19 Feb 2000 Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
4 Mar 2000 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
2 Sep 2001 Patriarch Youssef (Joseph) Absi, S.M.S.P.Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
Most Junior
12 Oct 2022 Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
8 Oct 2022 Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr, Lebanon
3 Sep 2022 Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del PradoPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
27 Nov 2021 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
30 Oct 2021 Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
16 Oct 2021 Archbishop Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
7 Mar 2020 Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
25 Aug 2019 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
1 Jun 2019 Archbishop Youssef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
1 Feb 2019 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān, Syria
28 Jun 2015 Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio GallaroSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia
21 Dec 2013 Archbishop Joseph GébaraArchbishop of Petra e Filadelfia, Jordan

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