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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
21 Nov 1955 Archbishop Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
13 Aug 1958 Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
15 Feb 1959 Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
29 Jun 1962 Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon
24 Jul 1965 Archbishop Elias ChacourArchbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
2 Feb 1966 Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela
18 Dec 1966 Archbishop Fares MaakarounBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
5 May 1967 Archbishop Joseph Jules ZereyProtosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
15 Apr 1968 Archbishop Jean-Clément JeanbartArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
15 Apr 1968 Archbishop Nicolas SawafArchbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}, Syria
10 May 1970 Bishop Nicholas James SamraBishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
28 Jun 1970 Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P.Archbishop of Baalbek, Lebanon
Most Junior
6 May 2000 Bishop Milad Jawish, B.S.Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada
19 Jun 1999 Archbishop Youssef Abedallah MattaArchbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide], Israel
8 May 1999 Archbishop Edouard Georges Daher, B.C.Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus}
24 Apr 1999 Archbishop Georges MasriArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
14 Apr 1999 Bishop George Toufik KhouryBishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil
4 Oct 1998 Bishop François Elias BeyroutiBishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston), USA
8 Sep 1998 Archbishop Elias Al-DebeiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān, Syria
16 Aug 1998 Father Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P.Apostolic Administrator of Argentina
11 Jul 1998 Archbishop Georges Iskandar, B.S.Archbishop of Tyr, Lebanon
8 Dec 1996 Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del PradoPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
16 Dec 1995 Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela
30 Jul 1995 Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}, Lebanon

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