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Pacific (Oceania)

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
23 Sep 1925 Archbishop Angelo AcerbiApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
21 Sep 1937 Bishop Denis George BrowneBishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand
25 May 1938 Bishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
9 Jul 1943 Bishop Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
3 Apr 1944 Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia
4 Jun 1945 Father James Charles Gould, S.J.Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands
1 Nov 1945 Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam
24 Feb 1946 Bishop Jean-Yves RiocreuxBishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
8 Nov 1947 Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R.Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
18 Jan 1949 Bishop Paul Patrick Donoghue, S.M.Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
28 Aug 1950 Bishop Randolph Roque CalvoBishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA
21 Oct 1950 Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
Youngest
3 Jun 1975 Father Ariel Galido, M.S.C.Prefect of Marshall Islands
17 Mar 1973 Bishop Kolio Tumanuvao EtualeBishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
18 Dec 1971 Bishop Ryan Pagente JimenezBishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands
18 Oct 1966 Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
4 Jan 1965 Bishop Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
19 Dec 1961 Soane Patita Paini Cardinal MafiBishop of Tonga
10 Oct 1961 Father Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P.Superior Emeritus of Tokelau
30 Jan 1961 Archbishop Peter Loy ChongArchbishop of Suva, Fiji
30 Aug 1960 Bishop Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M.Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
5 Aug 1959 Father Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
9 Apr 1959 Bishop Jean-Marie Charles André Le VertAuxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
23 Aug 1958 Archbishop Michael Jude ByrnesArchbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam

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