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Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
4 Jan 1970 Archbishop William Aquin CarewApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
3 Oct 1971 Archbishop Carlo CurisApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
4 Jun 1977 Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di MontezemoloArchpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}, Roman Curia
27 Nov 1981 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
6 Jan 1982 Bishop Salim SayeghAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
6 Jan 1988 Patriarch Michel SabbahPatriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
26 Apr 1992 Archbishop Antonio FrancoApostolic Nuncio to Israel
22 Jul 1992 Patriarch Fouad TwalPatriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
3 Jul 1993 Bishop Kamal Hanna BathishAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
3 Jul 1993 Bishop Giacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
5 Oct 1996 Archbishop Paul Nabil El-SayahCurial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
21 Jun 1997 Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-AhadPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
9 Nov 2001 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyVicar Apostolic of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
7 Apr 2002 Archbishop Kévork Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
18 May 2002 Bishop Grégoire Pierre MelkiPatriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian)
2 Oct 2005 Archbishop Maroun Elias Nimeh LahhamAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
24 Mar 2006 Archbishop Georges Michel BakarVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)
17 Jul 2008 Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla BaderArchbishop of Alger, Algeria
27 May 2010 Bishop William Hanna ShomaliAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
16 Jul 2011 Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, I.C.P.B.Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia

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