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Iraq

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
9 Sep 1917 Archbishop Paul CoussaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian)
20 Dec 1920 Archbishop André SanaArchbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean)
6 Oct 1927 Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Cardinal DellyPatriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
2 Mar 1929 Archbishop Luigi ContiApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
20 Jun 1930 Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba MatokaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian)
11 Oct 1930 Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C.Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
26 Dec 1933 Archbishop Emmanuel DabbaghianArchbishop of Baghdad (Armenian)
10 Oct 1937 Bishop Ibrahim Namo IbrahimBishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
25 Feb 1938 Archbishop Jacques IshaqCurial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
4 Aug 1938 Archbishop Djibrail KassabBishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
25 Oct 1938 Archbishop Basile Georges CasmoussaCurial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
15 Mar 1939 Archbishop Hanna ZoraBishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
Youngest
15 Jun 1969 Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean)
1 Nov 1967 Archbishop Emil Shimoun NonaArchbishop of Mossul (Chaldean)
23 Mar 1960 Archbishop Giorgio LinguaApostolic Nuncio to Jordan
20 Mar 1953 Archbishop Francis Assisi ChullikattApostolic Nuncio to United Nations
18 Jun 1951 Archbishop Ephrem Yousif Abba MansoorArchbishop of Baghdad (Syrian)
1 Jun 1951 Bishop Yousif Benham HabashBishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA
1 Jul 1949 Bishop Rabban Al-QasBishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean)
9 Mar 1949 Bishop Mikha Pola MaqdassiBishop of Alquoch (Chaldean)
4 Jul 1948 Archbishop Louis SakoArchbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean)
30 Jun 1946 Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.Archbishop of Baghdad
15 Apr 1946 Archbishop Fernando FiloniPrefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
23 Nov 1943 Archbishop Youhanna Boutros MosheArchbishop of Mossul (Syrian)

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