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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
10 May 1928 Archbishop Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
20 Oct 1931 Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
15 Dec 1933 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
1 Aug 1938 Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela
26 Jan 1939 Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
29 Nov 1939 Archbishop Elias ChacourArchbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
12 Nov 1940 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
9 Jun 1941 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
14 Apr 1942 Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Baalbek, Lebanon
8 Feb 1943 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
3 Mar 1943 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
15 Aug 1944 Bishop Nicholas James SamraBishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
Youngest
19 Dec 1973 Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
23 Apr 1973 Archbishop Edouard Georges Daher, B.C.Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus}
18 Oct 1972 Father Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P.Apostolic Administrator of Argentina
3 Jul 1971 Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
27 Sep 1970 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān, Syria
14 Feb 1970 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
3 Dec 1968 Archbishop Youssef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
26 May 1968 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
14 Apr 1968 Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
4 Feb 1968 Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr, Lebanon
4 Sep 1966 Bishop Sérgio de Deus BorgesBishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
10 Jun 1965 Archbishop Joseph GébaraArchbishop of Petra e Filadelfia, Jordan

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