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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
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 Emeritus of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands
15 Aug 1985 Bishop Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
15 Sep 1985 Archbishop Patrick CoveneyApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
Most Junior
16 Jul 2011 Bishop Paul Donoghue, S.M.Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
4 Dec 2010 Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
14 Feb 2010 Bishop Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M.Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
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 Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia
22 Feb 1997 Bishop Stuart France O’Connell, S.M.Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands

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