El Salvador

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
24 Nov 1968		Archbishop Girolamo Prigione	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
2 May 1981		Archbishop Francesco De Nittis	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay
3 Jul 1982		Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chávez	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador
9 Oct 1982		Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo	Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente
11 Feb 1984		Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar	Bishop of Santiago de María
6 Jan 1985		Archbishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador
23 Mar 1985		Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
25 Jul 1987		Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.	Bishop of Santa Ana
27 Feb 1988		Bishop Eduardo Alas Alfaro	Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango
20 Jan 1990		Bishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsonate
5 Apr 1990		Archbishop Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
6 Jan 1997		Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
25 Mar 1998		Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.	Bishop of Zacatecoluca
2 Sep 2000		Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino	Bishop of San Miguel
23 Mar 2002		Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas	Archbishop of San Salvador
17 Jan 2004		Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Bishop of Chalatenango
29 Mar 2008		Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Bishop of El Salvador, Military
19 Apr 2008		Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of San Vicente

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