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List of youngest living Catholic bishops

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This is a list of the youngest living Catholic bishops. The current breakdown of the 100 persons.

The coat of arms of the youngest Catholic bishop, Cristian Dumitru Crişan

Regarding the age of a bishop is required to be "at least thirty-five years old" in the current Code of Canon Law (Canon 378 § 1, 3).[1] The same age is prescribed for bishops in the Eastern Catholic Churches according to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (Canon 180, 4).[2]

List of prelates[edit]

Rank Bishop Date of birth Ordained Priest Consecrated Bishop Church sui iuris Country of origin[lower-alpha 1] Age (years, days)
1 Cristian Dumitru Crişan October 11, 1981 May 11, 2008 June 21, 2020 Romanian Catholic  Romania 43 years, 42 days
2 Stepan Sus October 7, 1981 June 30, 2006 January 12, 2020 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 43 years, 46 days
3 Yaacoub Ephrem Semaan May 2, 1980 June 24, 2006 August 15, 2020 Syriac Catholic  Lebanon/ Palestine 44 years, 204 days
4 Mykola Bychok February 13, 1980 May 3, 2005 June 7, 2020 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine/ Australia 44 years, 283 days
5 Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan July 17, 1979 July 16, 2005 September 13, 2020 Syriac Catholic  Syria 45 years, 128 days
6 Petro Loza June 3, 1979 August 26, 2007 July 12, 2018 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 45 years, 172 days
7 Ivan Kulyk March 16, 1979 May 8, 2005 December 1, 2019 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 45 years, 251 days
8 Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy March 2, 1979 June 26, 2004 November 9, 2019 Latin Church  Ukraine 45 years, 265 days
9 Milan Stipić December 28, 1978 October 18, 2003 October 17, 2020 Croatian Catholic  Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Croatia 45 years, 330 days
10 Eduard Kava April 17, 1978 June 1, 2003 June 21, 2017 Latin Church  Ukraine 46 years, 219 days
11 Pavlo Honcharuk January 16, 1978 June 22, 2002 February 14, 2020 Latin Church  Ukraine 46 years, 311 days
12 Arjan Dodaj January 21, 1977 May 11, 2003 September 15, 2020 Latin Church  Albania 47 years, 306 days
13 Yosafat Moschych September 19, 1976 September 26, 1999 August 3, 2014 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 48 years, 64 days
14 Volodymyr Hrutsa August 19, 1976 July 12, 2001 April 7, 2016 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 48 years, 95 days
15 Hryhoriy Komar June 19, 1976 April 22, 2001 August 22, 2014 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 48 years, 156 days
16 Antony Prince Panengaden May 13, 1976 April 25, 2007 October 29, 2015 Syro-Malabar Catholic  India 48 years, 193 days
17 Gjergj Meta April 30, 1976 April 21, 2001 September 2, 2017 Latin Church  Albania 48 years, 206 days
18 Andriy Rabiy October 1, 1975 December 19, 2001 September 3, 2017 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine/ USA 49 years, 52 days
19 Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy July 27, 1975 August 1, 1999 September 12, 2021 Latin Church  Kazakhstan 49 years, 118 days
20 Francisco Agamenilton Damascena June 26, 1975 March 19, 2001 December 6, 2020 Latin Church  Brazil 49 years, 149 days
21 Steven Joseph Lopes April 22, 1975 June 23, 2001 February 2, 2016 Latin Church  USA 49 years, 214 days
22 Francisco Figueroa Cervantes April 11, 1975 June 21, 2003 August 28, 2021 Latin Church  Mexico 49 years, 225 days
23 Nicolas Lhernould March 23, 1975 May 22, 2004 February 8, 2020 Latin Church  France/ Algeria 49 years, 244 days
24 Felix Dawood Al Shabi January 19, 1975 June 29, 1998 August 30, 2020 Chaldean Catholic  Iraq 49 years, 308 days
25 Stephen Xu Hongwei January 16, 1975 July 11, 2002 August 28, 2019 Latin Church  China 49 years, 311 days
26 Firas Dardar January 3, 1975 April 30, 2009 October 30, 2020 Syriac Catholic  Iraq 49 years, 324 days
27 Adam Piotr Bab December 30, 1974 May 22, 1999 June 29, 2020 Latin Church  Poland 49 years, 328 days
28 Benoni Ambăruş September 22, 1974 June 29, 2000 May 2, 2021 Latin Church  Romania/ Italy 50 years, 61 days
29 Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova September 21, 1974 July 26, 2008 January 4, 2020 Latin Church  Peru 50 years, 62 days
30 Aliaksandr Yasheuski August 6, 1974 June 24, 2000 June 27, 2015 Latin Church  Belarus 50 years, 108 days
31 Farly Yovany Gil Betancur June 29, 1974 November 21, 2000 June 18, 2020 Latin Church  Colombia 50 years, 146 days
32 Giorgio Marengo June 7, 1974 June 24, 2000 August 8, 2020 Latin Church  Italy/ Mongolia 50 years, 168 days
33 Giovani Edgar Arana May 23, 1974 December 8, 2004 July 25, 2018 Latin Church  Bolivia 50 years, 183 days
34 Visvaldas Kulbokas May 14, 1974 July 19, 1998 August 14, 2021 Latin Church  Lithuania 50 years, 192 days
35 Erik Varden May 13, 1974 July 16, 2011 October 3, 2020 Latin Church  Norway 50 years, 193 days
36 Jesús Vidal Chamorro May 6, 1974 May 8, 2004 February 17, 2018 Latin Church  Spain 50 years, 200 days
37 Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos May 4, 1974 December 29, 2004 August 31, 2019 Coptic Catholic  Egypt 50 years, 202 days
38 Mykola Luchok March 26, 1974 June 24, 2003 December 10, 2019 Latin Church  Ukraine 50 years, 241 days
39 François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa February 9, 1974 January 6, 2002 February 6, 2021 Latin Church  DR Congo 50 years, 287 days
40 Teodor Martynyuk February 1, 1974 January 20, 2000 May 22, 2015 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 50 years, 295 days
41 Marek Forgáč January 21, 1974 June 19, 1999 September 1, 2016 Latin Church  Slovakia 50 years, 303 days
42 Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar December 12, 1973 July 8, 2001 March 31, 2019 Latin Church  Portugal 50 years, 346 days
43 Moises Cuevas November 25, 1973 December 6, 2000 August 24, 2020 Latin Church  Philippines 50 years, 363 days
44 Paul Daisuke Narui November 24, 1973 March 10, 2001 September 22, 2020 Latin Church  Japan 50 years, 364 days
45 Milan Lach November 18, 1973 July 1, 2001 June 1, 2013 Ruthenian Catholic  Slovakia/ USA 51 years, 4 days
46 Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez November 15, 1973 November 1, 2002 December 12, 2020 Latin Church  Venezuela 51 years, 7 days
47 Robert Jarjis October 23, 1973 April 27, 2008 January 18, 2019 Chaldean Catholic  Iraq/ Canada 51 years, 30 days
48 Ciro Quispe López October 20, 1973 November 30, 2001 December 15, 2018 Latin Church  Peru 51 years, 33 days
49 Carlos Enrique Samaniego López October 8, 1973 January 4, 2001 March 25, 2019 Latin Church  Mexico 51 years, 45 days
50 Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez October 4, 1973 December 8, 2000 January 25, 2018 Latin Church  Costa Rica 51 years, 49 days
51 Georgios Altouvas September 28, 1973 October 3, 1998 February 7, 2021 Latin Church  Greece 51 years, 55 days
52 / 53 Javier Vilanova Pellisa September 23, 1973 November 22, 1998 December 20, 2020 Latin Church  Spain 51 years, 60 days
Lizardo Estrada Herrera September 23, 1973 August 5, 2005 February 24, 2021 Latin Church  Peru 51 years, 60 days
54 Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés September 17, 1973 September 11, 1998 January 23, 2021 Latin Church  Ecuador 51 years, 66 days
55 Andrés Luis García Jasso September 16, 1973 May 5, 2007 August 24, 2021 Latin Church  Mexico 51 years, 67 days
56 Gábor Mohos September 11, 1973 June 19, 1999 December 8, 2018 Latin Church  Hungary 51 years, 72 days
57 Oscar Efraín Tamez Villareal September 4, 1973 August 15, 2003 January 11, 2017 Latin Church  Mexico 51 years, 79 days
58 Peter Adrian Chifukwa August 27, 1973 June 12, 2004 August 28, 2021 Latin Church  Malawi 51 years, 87 days
59 Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza August 21, 1973 May 13, 2000 March 19, 2020 Latin Church  Mexico 51 years, 93 days
60 Rumen Stanev August 19, 1973 September 11, 1999 January 17, 2021 Latin Church  Bulgaria 51 years, 95 days
61 Francisco Castro Lalupú August 13, 1973 June 6, 2004 September 29, 2020 Latin Church  Peru 51 years, 101 days
62 Jacek Grzybowski August 11, 1973 May 30, 1998 December 19, 2020 Latin Church  Poland 51 years, 103 days
63 Paul Sundu July 27, 1973 January 17, 2006 July 3, 2021 Latin Church  Papua New Guinea 51 years, 118 days
64 Linas Vodopjanovas June 8, 1973 July 15, 2000 April 14, 2012 Latin Church  Lithuania 51 years, 167 days
65 Justin Ain Soongie June 2, 1973 May 11, 2005 September 2, 2021 Latin Church  Papua New Guinea 51 years, 173 days
66 Nicolai Dubinin May 27, 1973 June 24, 2000 October 4, 2020 Latin Church  Russia 51 years, 179 days
67 Gustavo Oscar Carrara May 24, 1973 October 24, 1998 December 16, 2017 Latin Church  Argentina 51 years, 182 days
68 Nil Lushchak May 22, 1973 July 2, 1996 January 12, 2013 Ruthenian Catholic  Ukraine 51 years, 184 days
69 Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho May 8, 1973 September 28, 2002 August 22, 2020 Latin Church  Brazil 51 years, 198 days
70 Marián Andrej Pacák April 24, 1973 July 12, 1998 September 2, 2018 Slovak Catholic  Slovakia/ Canada 51 years, 212 days
71 Eduard Daher April 23, 1973 May 8, 1999 September 7, 2013 Melkite Catholic  Lebanon 51 years, 213 days
72 Darius Trijonis April 21, 1973 May 18, 1997 December 16, 2017 Latin Church  Lithuania 51 years, 215 days
73 John Nellikunnel March 22, 1973 December 30, 1998 April 5, 2018 Syro-Malabar Catholic  India 51 years, 245 days
74 Raúl Pizarro March 12, 1973 October 23, 1998 February 26, 2021 Latin Church  Argentina 51 years, 255 days
75 Valter Magno de Carvalho February 22, 1973 August 23, 1997 January 23, 2021 Latin Church  Brazil 51 years, 274 days
76 Simon Kulli February 14, 1973 June 29, 2000 September 14, 2017 Latin Church  Albania 51 years, 282 days
77 Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia February 10, 1973 April 24, 1999 August 4, 2018 Latin Church  Paraguay 51 years, 286 days
78 Arkadiusz Trochanowski January 6, 1973 July 29, 2000 January 23, 2021 Ukrainian Catholic  Poland 51 years, 321 days
79 Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos January 5, 1973 August 24, 2001 August 24, 2018 Latin Church  Brazil 51 years, 322 days
80 Charles Ndaka Salabisala January 4, 1973 September 9, 2001 October 10, 2020 Latin Church  DR Congo 51 years, 323 days
81 Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok January 1, 1973 May 15, 2005 July 28, 2019 Latin Church  South Sudan 51 years, 326 days
82 Gilles Reithinger November 25, 1972 June 27, 1999 July 4, 2021 Latin Church  France 51 years, 363 days
83 Fransiskus Tuaman Sinaga November 22, 1972 February 14, 2003 July 29, 2021 Latin Church  Indonesia 52 years, 0 days
84 David Israel De la Torre Altamirano November 8, 1972 August 3, 2001 December 7, 2019 Latin Church  Ecuador 52 years, 14 days
85 Bohdan Manyshyn October 24, 1972 September 15, 2002 May 24, 2014 Ukrainian Catholic  Ukraine 52 years, 29 days
86 John Bosco Auram October 19, 1972 January 17, 2004 January 25, 2020 Latin Church  Papua New Guinea 52 years, 34 days
87 Alexis Aly Tagbino October 17, 1972 March 2, 2003 February 26, 2017 Latin Church  Guinea 52 years, 36 days
88 Simon Chibuga Masondole October 2, 1972 July 2, 2006 July 4, 2021 Latin Church  Tanzania 52 years, 51 days
89 Ábel Szocska September 21, 1972 September 30, 2001 May 10, 2018 Hungarian Catholic  Ukraine/ Hungary 52 years, 62 days
90 Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo September 11, 1972 March 3, 2006 September 12, 2020 Latin Church  Chile 52 years, 72 days
91 Saad Sirop September 6, 1972 October 13, 2001 January 24, 2014 Chaldean Catholic  Iraq 52 years, 77 days
92 Peter Beňo September 2, 1972 September 14, 1996 April 24, 2021 Latin Church  Slovakia 52 years, 81 days
93 Vitaliy Kryvytskyi August 19, 1972 May 24, 1997 June 24, 2017 Latin Church  Ukraine 52 years, 95 days
94 Cleocir Bonetti August 6, 1972 February 6, 1999 September 12, 2021 Latin Church  Brazil 52 years, 108 days
95 Claudiu-Lucian Pop July 22, 1972 July 23, 1995 December 8, 2011 Romanian Catholic  Romania 52 years, 123 days
96 Jaime Cristóbal Abril González July 17, 1972 February 10, 1996 June 4, 2016 Latin Church  Colombia 52 years, 128 days
97 Jose Ramirez Rapadas July 12, 1972 May 19, 1999 August 20, 2019 Latin Church  Philippines 52 years, 133 days
98 Petar Palić July 3, 1972 June 1, 1996 April 30, 2018 Latin Church  Kosovo/ Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 years, 142 days
99 Anthony Li Hui May 1972 October 18, 1996 July 28, 2021 Latin Church  China 52 years, 175 days
100 Antoni Vadell Ferrer May 17, 1972 May 31, 1998 September 9, 2017 Latin Church  Spain 52 years, 189 days

List of elected prelates to consecrate[edit]

Rank Bishop Date of birth Ordained Priest Expecting
consecration
Church sui iuris Country of origin[lower-alpha 2] Age (years, days)
1 Christian Carlassare October 1, 1977 September 4, 2004 TBD Latin Church  Italy/ South Sudan 47 years, 52 days
2 Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko February 14, 1976 July 25, 2008 TBD Chaldean Catholic  Iraq 48 years, 282 days
3 Massimiliano Palinuro June 10, 1974 April 24, 1999 December 8, 2021 Latin Church  Italy/ Turkey 50 years, 165 days
4 Milad Jawish December 19, 1973 May 6, 2000 October 30, 2021 Melkite Catholic  Lebanon/ Canada 50 years, 339 days
5 Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube October 4, 1973 February 3, 2001 October 30, 2021 Latin Church  Zimbabwe 51 years, 49 days
6 Dominique Tinoudji August 8, 1973 January 8, 2005 October 2, 2021 Latin Church  Chad 51 years, 106 days

Notes[edit]

  1. Also added principal country of activity, if differs from bishop's country of origin.
  2. Also added principal country of expected activity, if differs from bishop elect's country of origin.

References[edit]

  1. "Canon 378". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. Code of Canons of Oriental Churchs (I IntraText Edition CT ed.). Èulogos SpA. 1990. Can. 180. Search this book on

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See also[edit]


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