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Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
11 Feb 1934		Archbishop Jean Jadot	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat of Non-Christians, Roman Curia
28 Jun 1947		Archbishop Giovanni Moretti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
6 Jan 1950		Archbishop Alberto Tricarico	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
3 Dec 1951		Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
26 Sep 1954		Archbishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching
20 Jun 1957		Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Roman Curia
9 Aug 1959		Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor
10 May 1964		Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
28 Jun 1964		Archbishop Luigi Bressan	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
27 Dec 1964		Bishop John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw	Bishop of Kota Kinabalu
2 Jan 1966		Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin	Bishop of Miri
10 Dec 1966		Archbishop Anthony Soter Fernandez	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur
31 Mar 1968		Archbishop Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
4 Dec 1969		Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Bishop of Sibu
20 Dec 1969		Bishop Anthony Selvanayagam	Bishop of Penang
21 Jun 1971		Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Bishop of Melaka-Johor
14 Dec 1972		Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock	Archbishop of Kuching
18 Sep 1976		Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
27 Mar 1977		Bishop Cornelius Piong	Bishop of Keningau
19 Nov 1989		Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom	Bishop of Sandakan
25 Mar 1993		Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Auxiliary Bishop of Sibu

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