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Pacific (Oceania)

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
29 Jun 1956 Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji
16 Jul 1972 Bishop Laurent FuaheaBishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
24 Jun 1973 Bishop Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h, SS.CC.Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
3 Dec 1974 Archbishop Petero MatacaArchbishop of Suva, Fiji
29 Jun 1977 Bishop Denis George BrowneBishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
30 Jul 1978 Archbishop Thomas A. WhiteApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji
10 Feb 1979 Bishop Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C.Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati
4 Nov 1979 Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia
19 Feb 1984 Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.Archbishop of Agaña, Guam
7 Apr 1984 Bishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
13 Jan 1985 Bishop Tomas Aguon CamachoBishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands
15 Aug 1985 Bishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
Most Junior
4 Oct 2007 Bishop Soane Patita Paini MafiBishop of Tonga
17 Feb 2006 Bishop Randolph Roque CalvoBishop of Reno, Nevada, USA
8 Jan 2006 Bishop Jean-Marie Charles André Le VertBishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
7 Aug 2005 Bishop Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
29 Jun 2005 Archbishop Charles Daniel BalvoApostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
29 Jun 2003 Bishop Jean-Yves RiocreuxBishop of Pontoise, France
3 Jan 2003 Archbishop Alapati Lui MataeligaArchbishop of Samoa-Apia, Samoa
21 Feb 1998 Archbishop Hubert CoppenrathArchbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia
22 Feb 1997 Bishop Stuart France O’Connell, S.M.Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
23 Jun 1994 Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M.Bishop Emeritus of Tonga
15 Aug 1987 Bishop Amando SamoBishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia
29 Oct 1986 Bishop John Quinn Weitzel, M.M.Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa

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