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Lebanon

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
9 Sep 1917 Archbishop Paul CoussaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
15 May 1920 Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal SfeirPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
1 Mar 1921 Bishop Spiridon MattarBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec 1921 Carlo Cardinal FurnoGrand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Roman Curia
14 Nov 1922 Bishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}
5 May 1923 Bishop Chucrallah HarbBishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite)
12 May 1923 Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
25 Sep 1924 Archbishop Grégoire HaddadArchbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek)
30 Sep 1925 Bishop Joseph Habib HittiBishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
17 Dec 1926 Archbishop Jean Assaad HaddadArchbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek)
25 Dec 1926 Archbishop Maroun Khoury SaderArchbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Maronite)
12 May 1927 Bishop Georges ScandarBishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite)
Youngest
14 Jul 1962 Archbishop Joseph SoueifArchbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
16 May 1962 Archbishop Georges Bacaouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek)
22 Mar 1962 Bishop Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
5 Jul 1961 Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B.Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
25 Oct 1960 Bishop Elias NassarBishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Maronite)
14 Feb 1960 Bishop Robert RabbatBishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia
28 Jan 1960 Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.Archbishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek)
2 Jun 1959 Bishop Michel AounBishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite)
24 Feb 1958 Archbishop Gabriele Giordano CacciaApostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
24 Jun 1957 Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek)
26 Jun 1956 Bishop Jihad Mtanos BattahCurial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
1 Jun 1956 Bishop Michel KassarjiBishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean)

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