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Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
25 Jul 195272.69 Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner DickeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen
26 Jul 195371.68 Walter Cardinal BrandmüllerPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, Roman Curia
10 Oct 195371.48 Friedrich Cardinal WetterArchbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}
29 Jun 195569.76 Bishop Fritz LobingerBishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
10 May 195668.90 Bishop Leopold NowakBishop Emeritus of Magdeburg
6 Apr 195767.99 Walter Cardinal KasperPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia
10 Oct 195866.48 Archbishop Karl Heinrich BraunArchbishop Emeritus of Bamberg
29 Apr 196064.93 Giovanni Cardinal LajoloPresident Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, Roman Curia
29 May 196064.84 Bishop Josef GrünwaldAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg
17 Dec 196064.29 Bishop Luis Teodorico StöcklerBishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina
28 Jun 196163.76 Bishop Bernardo Hombach LütkermeierBishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
29 Jun 196163.76 Bishop Joachim Friedrich ReineltBishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen)
Most Junior
7 Jun 201410.82 Bishop Paul RederAuxiliary Bishop of Würzburg
26 Jun 201014.77 Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J.Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey
10 Oct 200915.48 Monsignor Matthias AmbrosUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Roman Curia
14 May 200618.88 Bishop Christian WürtzAuxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
28 Jun 200321.76 Bishop Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria StolbergAuxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}
6 Jun 200321.82 Bishop Andreas GeßmannAuxiliary Bishop of Essen
6 Jul 200222.74 Bishop Gerhard SchneiderAuxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
7 Jun 200222.82 Bishop Stephan Lipke, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
24 Jun 200123.77 Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B.Bishop of Passau
25 Jun 200024.77 Father Daniel PachoUnder Secretary of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
12 Jul 199727.72 Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
10 Jul 199727.73 Bishop Vincenzo VivaBishop of Albano, Italy

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