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Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
11 Jan 1918 Bishop John MackeyBishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
3 Apr 1919 Bishop Myles McKeonBishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
6 Jan 1924 Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp.Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone
24 Mar 1926 Desmond Cardinal ConnellArchbishop Emeritus of Dublin
24 Feb 1927 Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
24 Apr 1927 Bishop Eamon CaseyBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh
10 Jul 1929 Bishop Daniel Joseph MullinsBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
22 Feb 1930 Bishop David CreminAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
10 May 1930 Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermottBishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
23 Oct 1930 Bishop Thomas Joseph FlanaganAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
9 Apr 1931 Bishop Patrick Joseph WalshBishop Emeritus of Down and Connor
5 Jun 1931 Bishop Laurence ForristalBishop Emeritus of Ossory
Youngest
13 Oct 1959 Archbishop Charles John BrownApostolic Nuncio to Ireland
21 Oct 1958 Archbishop Eugene Martin NugentApostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
8 Aug 1952 Bishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A.Bishop of Killaloe
22 Sep 1951 Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras
26 Feb 1951 Bishop John Gerard NoonanBishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
25 Dec 1950 Bishop Noël TreanorBishop of Down and Connor
12 Apr 1950 Bishop Donal McKeownAuxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor
19 Feb 1949 Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
2 Feb 1949 Bishop John McAreaveyBishop of Dromore
16 Feb 1948 Bishop John FlemingBishop of Killala
17 Jan 1948 Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
2 Sep 1947 Bishop Kevin Joseph FarrellBishop of Dallas, Texas, USA

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