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Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Most Senior


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
12 Aug 1928 Bishop Antonio Rosario MennonnaBishop Emeritus of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
20 Feb 1932 Bishop Antoine Nguyên Van ThienBishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam
25 May 1933 Bishop Francis Hong Yong-hoBishop of P’yong-yang, Korea (South)
8 Jul 1933 Bishop Géry-Jacques-Charles LeulietBishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
3 Dec 1933 Bishop José Bezerra CoutinhoBishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
11 Feb 1934 Archbishop Jean JadotPro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat of Non-Christians, Roman Curia
29 Jun 1934 Bishop Michel Nguyên Khác NguBishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam
22 Sep 1934 Archbishop Giovanni FerrofinoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ecuador
7 Jul 1935 Bishop Antonio MistrorigoBishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
25 Aug 1935 Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B.President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia
21 Dec 1935 Bishop Bernard Joseph McLaughlinAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
24 May 1936 Bishop Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
13 Mar 1937 Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
18 Apr 1937 Ersilio Cardinal ToniniArchbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
9 May 1937 Bishop José de Jesús Garcia AyalaBishop Emeritus of Campeche, Campeche, México
12 Mar 1938 Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
25 Mar 1938 Archbishop Antonio IannucciArchbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
26 Jun 1938 Bishop Rudolf SchmidAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
29 Jun 1938 Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves MalboisBishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
17 Jul 1938 Antonio Cardinal InnocentiPrefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy, Roman Curia
24 Jul 1938 Bishop Felice LeonardoBishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
25 Jul 1938 Bishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P.Bishop Emeritus of Porto Amélia, Mozambique
21 Sep 1938 Bishop Pedro Reginaldo LiraBishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
9 Oct 1938 Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine MaziersArchbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
17 Dec 1938 Jean Cardinal MargéotBishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
22 Jan 1939 Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
25 Mar 1939 Bishop Manuel P. Del RosarioBishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
8 Apr 1939 Kazimierz Cardinal ŚwiątekArchbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
8 Apr 1939 Bishop Anselmo Zarza BernalBishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
29 Jun 1939 Archbishop Peter Leo GeretyArchbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
6 Aug 1939 Bishop Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Aug 1939 Bishop Giovanni Melis FoisBishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy
12 Nov 1939 Bishop Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
8 Dec 1939 Archbishop Philip Matthew HannanArchbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 Jan 1940 Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib HafouriArchbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
3 Feb 1940 Fiorenzo Cardinal AngeliniPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia
23 Mar 1940 Archbishop Jorge MayerArchbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
23 Mar 1940 Archbishop Venedictos PrintesisArchbishop Emeritus of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
18 May 1940 Archbishop William Donald BordersArchbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23 May 1940 Archbishop Loris Francesco CapovillaPrelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
26 May 1940 Bishop Giovanni BenedettiBishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
29 Jun 1940 Archbishop Armando Círio, O.S.I.Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
14 Jul 1940 Bishop Antonio José Ramírez SalaverríaBishop Emeritus of Maturín, Venezuela
28 Jul 1940 Luigi Cardinal PoggiArchivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
10 Aug 1940 Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
21 Sep 1940 Bishop José Nicomedes GrossiBishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil
21 Sep 1940 Bishop Jacques Nguyên Van MâuBishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam
24 Nov 1940 Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M.Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
15 Dec 1940 Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
22 Dec 1940 Bishop José de Almeida Batista PereiraBishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Apr 1941 Giovanni Cardinal CanestriArchbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
17 Apr 1941 Archbishop Paul CoussaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
1 May 1941 Bishop Albin Malysiak, C.M.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
7 Jun 1941 Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius ErnstBishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
7 Jun 1941 Bishop Damián Iguacén BorauBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
7 Jun 1941 Bishop Loras Joseph WattersBishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
8 Jun 1941 Abbot Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B.Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
22 Jun 1941 Cahal Brendan Cardinal DalyArchbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
13 Jul 1941 Bishop Pablo Barrachina EstevanBishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
27 Jul 1941 Bishop Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F.Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
26 Oct 1941 Bishop José Eugênio CorrêaBishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Nov 1941 Bishop Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 Nov 1941 Bishop John MackeyBishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
23 Nov 1941 Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
7 Dec 1941 Archbishop Jaime Luiz CoelhoArchbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
14 Dec 1941 Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento RodriguezArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
20 Dec 1941 Archbishop José Maria PiresArchbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
15 Mar 1942 Bishop Javier Naranjo VillegasBishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
14 May 1942 Bishop Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M.Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 May 1942 Bishop Vasile Louis PuscasBishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
30 May 1942 Bishop Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M.Bishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil
30 May 1942 Bishop Maffeo Giovanni DucoliBishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
7 Jun 1942 Bishop Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M.Prelate Emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras
21 Jun 1942 Giovanni Cardinal CheliPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Roman Curia
21 Jun 1942 Archbishop Ignacy TokarczukArchbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
26 Jun 1942 Bishop Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
28 Jun 1942 Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5 Jul 1942 Archbishop José María Cirarda LachiondoArchbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
24 Jul 1942 Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
11 Oct 1942 Bishop Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del PradoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
19 Dec 1942 Bishop Odo Fusi PecciBishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
19 Dec 1942 Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Dec 1942 Bishop Douglas Joseph WarrenBishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
21 Dec 1942 Bishop Manuel d'Almeida TrindadeBishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
17 Jan 1943 Bishop Aurélio Granada EscudeiroBishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
24 Feb 1943 Bishop Bernard Ferdinand PoppAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
6 Mar 1943 Archbishop Santo Bartolomeo QuadriArchbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
27 Mar 1943 Bishop Arthur Joseph O'NeillBishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
10 Apr 1943 Archbishop Clemente FaccaniApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya
11 Apr 1943 Bishop Francisco Maria Aguilera GonzálezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
25 Apr 1943 Archbishop Hovhannes TcholakianArchbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
1 May 1943 Bishop Timothy Joseph LyneAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 May 1943 Bishop Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad
23 May 1943 Bishop Michael Pearse LaceyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29 May 1943 Bishop Libero TresoldiBishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
30 May 1943 Bishop Thomas Ambrose TschoepeBishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
3 Jun 1943 Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C.Bishop Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
19 Jun 1943 Archbishop Manuel Castro RuizArchbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
19 Jun 1943 Bishop Giovanni D'AscenziBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
19 Jun 1943 Bishop Albert Henry OttenwellerBishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

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