India

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
22 Aug 1962		Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
5 Feb 1964		Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore
5 Mar 1967		Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalves	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão
24 Feb 1968		Archbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry	Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese)
27 Sep 1969		Archbishop Joseph Mittathany	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal
8 Aug 1970		Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza	Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi
18 Oct 1970		Bishop Robert Kerketta, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur
29 Jun 1971		Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay
11 Sep 1971		Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh
13 Feb 1972		Archbishop Joseph Powathil	Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese)
18 Mar 1972		Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur
1 May 1973		Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese)
Most Junior
8 Sep 2011		Bishop James Thoppil	Bishop of Kohima
21 Sep 2010		Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankarese)
11 Sep 2010		Bishop José Chittooparambil, C.M.I.	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese)
18 Apr 2010		Bishop Pauly Kannookadan	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabarese)
11 Apr 2010		Bishop Paul Alappatt	Bishop of Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabarese)
10 Apr 2010		Bishop Raphael Thattil	Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese)
8 Apr 2010		Bishop Remigius Maria Paul Inchananiyil	Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabarese)
7 Apr 2010		Bishop George Njaralakatt	Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabarese)
13 Mar 2010		Bishop Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese)
13 Mar 2010		Bishop Philippos Stephanos Thottathil	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankarese)
13 Mar 2010		Bishop Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankarese)
13 Mar 2010		Bishop Samuel Irenios Kattukallil	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese)

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