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Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
19 Mar 1959		Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C.	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
11 Jun 1968		Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier
29 Jun 1968		Friedrich Cardinal Wetter	Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}
14 Dec 1969		Bishop Hubert Luthe	Bishop Emeritus of Essen
11 Apr 1970		Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen
12 Sep 1971		Bishop Ernst Gutting	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer
25 Mar 1972		Bishop Manfred Müller	Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg
25 Mar 1972		Bishop Rudolf Schmid	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg
11 May 1972		Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I.	Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley, South Africa
24 Jun 1972		Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg
24 Feb 1973		Archbishop Ludwig Averkamp	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg
24 Feb 1973		Bishop Reinhard Lettmann	Bishop Emeritus of Münster
Most Junior
28 Aug 2011		Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt	Bishop of Görlitz
5 Jun 2011		Bishop Helmut Dieser	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier
26 Feb 2011		Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim
13 Feb 2011		Bishop Stefan Zekorn	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
13 Nov 2010		Walter Cardinal Brandmüller	President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
29 Aug 2010		Bishop Wilfried Theising	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
29 Aug 2010		Bishop Christoph Hegge	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
29 Aug 2010		Bishop Dieter Geerlings	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
28 Feb 2010		Bishop Wolfgang Bischof	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}
30 Aug 2009		Bishop Thomas Löhr	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg
9 May 2009		Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
19 Apr 2009		Bishop Matthias Heinrich	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin

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