India

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
24 Aug 1948		Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta
19 Mar 1949		Bishop Joseph Gabriel Fernandez	Bishop Emeritus of Quilon
26 Jun 1949		Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
21 Dec 1949		Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay
15 Mar 1950		Bishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V.	Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabarese)
21 Dec 1950		Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalves	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão
21 Dec 1951		Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
24 Aug 1952		Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha	Bishop Emeritus of Calicut
24 Aug 1952		Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore
24 Aug 1953		Bishop Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankarese)
5 Dec 1953		Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh
20 Dec 1953		Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza	Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi
Most Junior
23 Apr 1994		Bishop Binay Kandulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi
20 Feb 1992		Bishop Anthony Poola	Bishop of Kurnool
2 Jan 1991		Bishop Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankarese)
25 Apr 1990		Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak	Bishop of Berhampur
21 Apr 1990		Bishop Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny)	Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi
1 Mar 1989		Bishop Prasad Gallela	Bishop of Cuddapah
24 May 1988		Bishop Paul Toppo	Bishop of Raigarh
7 May 1988		Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
7 May 1988		Bishop Joseph Erumachadath, M.C.B.S.	Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabarese)
6 May 1988		Bishop Paul Alois Lakra	Bishop of Gumla
9 Apr 1988		Bishop Thomas Ignatius MacWan	Bishop of Ahmedabad
28 Dec 1987		Bishop Jose Pandarassery	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese)

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