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
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)
15 Aug 1973		Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabarese)
Most Junior
29 Jun 2013		Bishop John Rodrigues	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
29 Jun 2013		Bishop Savio Dominic Fernandes	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
23 May 2013		Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy	Bishop of Warangal
9 Feb 2013		Bishop George Madathikandathil	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese)
19 Jan 2013		Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza	Bishop of Ajmer
6 Jan 2013		Bishop Peter Parapullil	Bishop of Jhansi
8 Dec 2012		Bishop Jojo Anand	Bishop of Hazaribag
1 Oct 2012		Bishop Jacob Muricken	Auxiliary Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabarese)
29 Sep 2012		Bishop Elias Gonsalves	Bishop of Amravati
16 Sep 2012		Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B.	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese)
26 May 2012		Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabarese)
8 Sep 2011		Bishop James Thoppil	Bishop of Kohima

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