Dominican Republic

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
12 Jul 1953		Archbishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros
2 May 1954		Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
29 Jun 1955		Bishop Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera	Bishop Emeritus of Mao-Monte Cristi
15 Jul 1955		Bishop Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo
18 Mar 1961		Fortunato Cardinal Baldelli	Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
18 Mar 1961		Bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís
18 Mar 1961		Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez	Archbishop of Santo Domingo
22 Apr 1962		Bishop Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo
1 Jul 1962		Bishop Antonio Camilo González	Bishop of La Vega
23 Jan 1965		Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
25 Mar 1965		Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez	Bishop of Barahona
25 Mar 1965		Bishop Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona
Most Junior
7 Jul 1991		Bishop Victor Emilio Masalles Pere	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo
21 Jun 1986		Bishop Julio César Corniel Amaro	Bishop of Puerto Plata
2 Sep 1978		Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís
22 Jul 1978		Bishop Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi
10 Sep 1977		Bishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Bishop of Baní
19 May 1977		Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio	Archbishop of United States of America, Military
8 Nov 1975		Bishop Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
21 May 1972		Archbishop Józef Wesołowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
13 Dec 1970		Bishop José Dolores Grullón Estrella	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana
22 Jun 1968		Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
2 Jul 1967		Bishop Pablo Cedano Cedano	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo
1 Oct 1966		Archbishop François Robert Bacqué	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

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