Jordan

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
11 Nov 2000	58.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
17 Jan 2001	54.8	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Titular Archbishop of Volturnum	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	54.8	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	54.8	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
19 Mar 2001	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Filoni	Titular Archbishop of Volturnum	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
6 Mar 2003	88.8	Died	Saba Youakim, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
8 Sep 2005	57.1	Appointed	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
2 Oct 2005	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
25 Feb 2006	59.9	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
29 Apr 2006	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Titular Archbishop of Ostra	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
25 Jun 2006	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Titular Archbishop of Ostra	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
9 Jun 2007	61.2	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
18 Jun 2007	76.7	Retired	Georges El-Murr, B.C.	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Jun 2007	76.7	Retired	Georges El-Murr, B.C.	Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
21 Jun 2007	51.5	Selected	Yasser Ayyash	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
26 Jun 2007	51.6	Confirmed	Yasser Ayyash	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
13 Oct 2007	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Yasser Ayyash	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
22 Dec 2007	65.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
24 May 2008	56.8	Appointed	Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
17 Jul 2008	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
22 May 2010	61.8	Appointed	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
17 Jul 2010	57.3	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
4 Sep 2010	50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
9 Oct 2010	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Lingua	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
10 May 2011	65.1	Appointed	Fernando Filoni	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
6 Jun 2011	71.4	Selected	Paul Nabil El-Sayah	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Jun 2011	71.5	Confirmed	Paul Nabil El-Sayah	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
19 Jan 2012	63.5	Appointed	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
19 Jan 2012	63.5	Appointed	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Titular Archbishop of Medaba	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
18 Feb 2012	65.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Filoni	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples