Youngest and Oldest Bishops

Youngest BishopsAgeAscendingDate of Birth
LebanonBishop Robert Badichah, I.C.P.B. (41)Bishop Robert Badichah (Krikor), I.C.P.B.

Titular Bishop of Artvin of the Armenians

Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

411983.02.01
LebanonBishop Jules Boutros (42)Bishop Jules Boutros

Titular Bishop of Amida of the Syriacs

Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs

421982.12.28
IraqArchbishop Younan Hano (42)Archbishop Younan Hano (Qusay Mubarak Abdullah)

Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

421982.09.10
UkraineBishop Mykola Semenyshyn (42)Bishop Mykola Semenyshyn

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania

Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

421982.05.29
RomaniaBishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan (43)Bishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan

Titular Bishop of Abula

Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Romanians

431981.10.11
UkraineBishop Stepan Sus (43)Bishop Stepan Sus

Titular Bishop of Zygris

Bishop of Curia of the Ukrainians

431981.10.07
UkraineBishop Teodor Matsapula, I.V.E. (43)Bishop Teodor Matsapula, I.V.E.

Bishop of Mukacheve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine)

431981.08.21
UkraineBishop Andriy Khimyak (43)Bishop Andriy Khimyak

Titular Bishop of Cuicul

Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Secretary of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church

431981.04.13
ChileBishop Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia (44)Bishop Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia

Titular Bishop of Theuzi

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

441980.08.04
BelarusBishop Andrei Znoska (44)Bishop Andrei Znoska

Titular Bishop of Skradin

Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

441980.06.20
UkraineBishop Maksim Ryabukha, S.D.B. (44)Bishop Maksim Ryabukha, S.D.B.

Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum

441980.05.18
PalestineBishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (44)Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

441980.05.02
AustraliaCardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (44)Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R.

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

441980.02.13
MadagascarBishop Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina (45)Bishop Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina

Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

451979.09.13
ArgentinaBishop Matías Vecino (45)Bishop Matías Vecino

Titular Bishop of Idicra

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

451979.08.28
SyriaBishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan (45)Bishop Rami Flavian Al-Kabalan

Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

Procurator at Rome of the Syriacs

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Syriacs

451979.07.17
USABishop Robert Fedek (45)Bishop-elect Robert Fedek

Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

451979.07.07
NorwayBishop Fredrik Hansen (45)Bishop Fredrik Hansen

Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo (Norway)

451979.06.13
UkraineBishop Petro Loza, C.SS.R. (45)Bishop Petro Loza, C.SS.R.

Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

451979.06.03
PolandBishop Maciej Małyga (45)Bishop Maciej Małyga

Titular Bishop of Ulcinj

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

451979.05.11
USABishop José Maria Garcia Maldonado (45)Bishop-elect José Maria Garcia Maldonado

Titular Bishop of Fallaba

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

451979.03.24
UkraineBishop Ivan Kulyk (45)Bishop Ivan Kulyk

Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilsky of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

451979.03.16
UkraineBishop Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy (45)Bishop Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy

Titular Bishop of Tulana

Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine)

451979.03.02
CroatiaBishop Milan Stipić (46)Bishop Milan Stipić

Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

461978.12.28
EthiopiaBishop Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma (46)Bishop-elect Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma

Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

461978.12.04
PolandBishop Adrian Put (46)Bishop Adrian Put

Titular Bishop of Furnos minor

Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland)

461978.11.04
ItalyArchbishop Vincenzo Turturro (46)Archbishop Vincenzo Turturro

Titular Archbishop of Ravello

Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

461978.10.07
PortugalBishop Alexandre Coutinho Lopes de Brito Palma (46)Bishop Alexandre Coutinho Lopes de Brito Palma

Titular Bishop of Tepelta

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

461978.08.11
ItalyBishop Filippo Ciampanelli (46)Bishop-elect Filippo Ciampanelli

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania

Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

461978.07.30
CroatiaBishop Roko Glasnović (46)Bishop Roko Glasnović

Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

461978.07.02
MexicoBishop Luis Alfonso Tut Tun (46)Bishop Luis Alfonso Tut Tun

Titular Bishop of Arba

Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico)

461978.06.22
UkraineBishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv. (46)Bishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.

Titular Bishop of Cilibia

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

461978.04.17
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Bernardo Cannavó (46)Bishop Pedro Bernardo Cannavó

Titular Bishop of Idassa

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

461978.04.10
IranArchbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees (46)Archbishop Imad Khoshaba Gargees

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Patriarchal Administrator of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran)

Patriarchal Administrator of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran)

461978.04.04
ArgentinaBishop Alejandro Daniel Pardo (46)Bishop Alejandro Daniel Pardo

Titular Bishop of Fissiana

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

461978.03.16
UkraineBishop Pavlo Honcharuk (47)Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

471978.01.16
HungaryBishop Benedek Szabolcs Fekete (47)Bishop Benedek Szabolcs Fekete

Titular Bishop of Baza

Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

471977.12.17
GuineaBishop Moïse Tinguiano (47)Bishop Moïse Tinguiano

Bishop of Boké (Guinea)

471977.12.11
PolandBishop Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald (47)Bishop Tomasz Zbigniew Sztajerwald

Titular Bishop of Cediæ

Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (Poland)

471977.11.24
South SudanBishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (47)Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J.

Bishop of Bentiu (South Sudan)

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

471977.10.01
EgyptBishop Élie Joseph Warde (47)Bishop Élie Joseph Warde

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

471977.09.28
SerbiaBishop Mirko Štefković (47)Bishop Mirko Štefković

Bishop of Zrenjanin (Serbia)

471977.09.24
GuatemalaBishop Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera (47)Bishop Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera

Titular Bishop of Filaca

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala)

471977.09.14
IndiaBishop Arokia Raj Satis Kumar (47)Bishop Arokia Raj Satis Kumar

Titular Bishop of Castellum minus

Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

471977.09.05
ItalyArchbishop Flavio Pace (47)Archbishop Flavio Pace

Titular Archbishop of Dolia

Secretary of Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

Vice-President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

471977.07.29
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Ernesto Fournau (47)Bishop Pedro Ernesto Fournau

Titular Bishop of Bararus

Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

471977.07.07
ArgentinaBishop Juan Ignacio Liébana (47)Bishop Juan Ignacio Liébana

Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina)

471977.06.06
ItalyBishop Vito Piccinonna (47)Bishop Vito Piccinonna

Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

471977.06.01
BrazilBishop Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira (47)Bishop Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

471977.05.28
BrazilBishop José Roberto dos Reis, C.P. (47)Bishop-elect José Roberto dos Reis, C.P.

Titular Bishop of Feradi minus

Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

471977.04.22
SpainBishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat (47)Bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat

Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

471977.03.19
AlgeriaBishop Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E. (47)Bishop Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E.

Bishop of Oran (Algeria)

471977.01.26
AlbaniaArchbishop Arjan Dodaj (48)Archbishop Arjan Dodaj

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania)

481977.01.21
CubaBishop Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez (48)Bishop Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez

Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia

Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

481977.01.04
USABishop Joseph Armando Espaillat (48)Bishop Joseph Armando Espaillat

Titular Bishop of Tagarbala

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

481976.12.27
KenyaBishop Henry Juma Odonya (48)Bishop Henry Juma Odonya

Bishop of Kitale (Kenya)

481976.12.10
PolandBishop Waldemar Musioł (48)Bishop Waldemar Musioł

Titular Bishop of Bagis

Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland)

481976.11.10
FranceBishop Étienne Guillet (48)Bishop-elect Étienne Guillet

Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

481976.10.28
USABishop Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa (48)Bishop Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa

Titular Bishop of Membressa

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

481976.10.11
MexicoBishop Carlos Alberto Santos García (48)Bishop Carlos Alberto Santos García

Titular Bishop of Tamada

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

481976.10.02
MyanmarBishop Raymond Wai Lin Htun (48)Bishop-elect Raymond Wai Lin Htun

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

481976.09.22
UkraineBishop Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. (48)Bishop Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.

Bishop of Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

481976.09.16
ThailandBishop Paul Trairong Multree (48)Bishop Paul Trairong Multree

Bishop of Surat Thani (Thailand)

481976.09.07
BrazilBishop Danival Milagres Coelho (48)Bishop Danival Milagres Coelho

Titular Bishop of Vatarba

Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

481976.09.04
UkraineBishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.SS.R. (48)Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.SS.R.

Titular Bishop of Bahanna

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

481976.08.19
PolandBishop Piotr Przyborek (48)Bishop Piotr Przyborek

Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

481976.06.28
MalawiBishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (48)Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda

Titular Bishop of Catrum

Auxiliary Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

481976.06.20
UkraineBishop Hryhoriy Komar (48)Bishop Hryhoriy Komar

Titular Bishop of Acci

Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

481976.06.19
IndiaBishop Antony Prince Panengaden (48)Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden

Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

481976.05.13
UkraineBishop Volodymyr Firman (48)Bishop Volodymyr Firman

Titular Bishop of Limisa

Auxiliary Bishop of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

481976.05.08
AlbaniaBishop Gjergj Meta (48)Bishop Gjergj Meta

Bishop of Rrëshen (Albania)

President of Episcopal Conference of Albania

481976.04.30
ItalyBishop Renato Tarantelli Baccari (48)Bishop Renato Tarantelli Baccari

Titular Bishop of Campli

Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

481976.04.25
TanzaniaBishop Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga (48)Bishop Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga

Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus

Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

481976.03.07
FranceBishop Grégoire Drouot (48)Bishop Grégoire Drouot

Bishop of Nevers (France)

481976.03.06
IraqBishop Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko (48)Bishop Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko

Bishop of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

481976.02.14
ColombiaBishop Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco (49)Bishop Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco

Titular Bishop of Zattara

Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

491976.01.13
Congo-KinshasaBishop Lénard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.J. (49)Bishop Lénard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.J.

Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

491976.01.02
RussiaBishop Stephan Lipke, S.J. (49)Bishop-elect Stephan Lipke, S.J.

Titular Bishop of Arena

Auxiliary Bishop of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Russia)

General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia

491975.12.31
MalawiBishop Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa (49)Bishop Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa

Titular Bishop of Aquæ Thibilitanæ

Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi)

491975.11.20
PeruBishop César Augusto Huerta Ramírez (49)Bishop César Augusto Huerta Ramírez

Bishop of Sicuani (Peru)

491975.11.14
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. (49)Bishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp.

Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

491975.11.01
CanadaBishop Andriy Rabiy (49)Bishop Andriy Rabiy

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

491975.10.01
DominicaBishop Kendrick John Forbes (49)Bishop Kendrick John Forbes

Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

491975.08.20
SpainBishop José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez (49)Bishop José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez

Titular Bishop of Vergi

Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

491975.08.03
KazakhstanBishop Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy (49)Bishop Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy

Titular Bishop of Maiuca

Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

491975.07.27
ArgentinaBishop Federico Guillermo Wechsung (49)Bishop Federico Guillermo Wechsung

Titular Bishop of Pederodiana

Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina)

491975.07.17
BrazilBishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena (49)Bishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena

Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)

491975.06.26
USABishop Artur Bubnevych (49)Bishop-elect Artur Bubnevych

Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA)

491975.06.22
BelarusBishop Uladzimir Huliai (49)Bishop Uladzimir Huliai

Bishop of Grodno (Belarus)

491975.06.14
ColombiaBishop Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez (49)Bishop Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez

Bishop of Caldas (Colombia)

491975.06.01
ColombiaBishop Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo (49)Bishop Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo

Titular Bishop of Mazaca

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

491975.05.21
KenyaBishop Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C. (49)Bishop Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C.

Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

491975.05.06
MadagascarBishop Jean Désiré Razafinirina (49)Bishop Jean Désiré Razafinirina

Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar)

491975.05.05
USABishop Steven Joseph Lopes (49)Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes

Bishop-Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)

491975.04.22
BrazilBishop Edmar José da Silva (49)Bishop Edmar José da Silva

Titular Bishop of Garriana

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

491975.04.19
PortugalBishop Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia (49)Bishop-elect Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia

Titular Bishop of Aradi

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

491975.04.17
BrazilBishop Antônio Ederaldo de Santana (49)Bishop Antônio Ederaldo de Santana

Bishop of Irecê (Brazil)

491975.04.16
MexicoBishop Francisco Figueroa Cervantes (49)Bishop Francisco Figueroa Cervantes

Titular Bishop of Lamasba

Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

491975.04.11
TunisiaArchbishop Nicolas Lhernould (49)Archbishop Nicolas Lhernould

Archbishop of Tunis (Tunisia)

Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa

491975.03.23
NigeriaBishop John Bogna Bakeni (49)Bishop John Bogna Bakeni

Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria)

491975.03.15

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