General[edit]

Catholic Church 5520 prelates as per 2 June 2024 (included 88 prelates at the Continental China)

Orthodox Church 1172 prelates as per 18 May 2024

Prelates[edit]

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

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^[a]	Age (years, days)
1	Krikor Badichah	1 February 1983	11 December 2010	26 May 2024	Armenian Catholic	Lebanon	41 years, 122 days
2	Jules Boutros	28 December 1982	9 June 2007	18 June 2022	Syriac Catholic	Lebanon	41 years, 157 days
3	Younan Hano	10 September 1982	29 June 2011	3 February 2023	Syriac Catholic	Iraq	41 years, 266 days
4	Mykola Semenyshyn	29 May 1982	29 May 2005	15 February 2023	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	42 years, 4 days
5	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	11 October 1981	11 May 2008	21 June 2020	Romanian Catholic	Romania	42 years, 235 days
6	Stepan Sus	7 October 1981	30 June 2006	12 January 2020	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	42 years, 239 days
7	Andriy Khimyak	13 April 1981	4 November 2012	19 February 2023	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	43 years, 50 days
8	Bernardo Andrés Álvarez Tapia	4 August 1980	21 November 2009	30 April 2022	Latin Church	Chile	43 years, 303 days
9	Maksym Ryabukha	18 May 1980	4 August 2007	22 December 2022	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	44 years, 15 days
10	Yaacoub Ephrem Semaan	2 May 1980	24 June 2006	15 August 2020	Syriac Catholic	Lebanon/ Palestine	44 years, 31 days
11	Mykola Bychok	13 February 1980	3 May 2005	7 June 2020	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine/ Australia	44 years, 110 days
12	Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan	17 July 1979	16 July 2005	13 September 2020	Syriac Catholic	Syria	44 years, 321 days
13	Petro Loza	3 June 1979	26 August 2007	12 July 2018	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	44 years, 365 days
14	Maciej Małyga	11 May 1979	22 May 2004	24 April 2022	Latin Church	Poland	45 years, 22 days
15	Ivan Kulyk	16 March 1979	8 May 2005	1 December 2019	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	45 years, 78 days
16	Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy	2 March 1979	26 June 2004	9 November 2019	Latin Church	Ukraine	45 years, 92 days
17	Milan Stipić	28 December 1978	18 October 2003	17 October 2020	Croatian Catholic	Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Croatia	45 years, 157 days
18	Adrian Put	4 November 1978	22 May 2004	13 August 2022	Latin Church	Poland	45 years, 211 days
19	Vincenzo Turturro	7 October 1978	31 October 2003	9 March 2024	Latin Church	Italy	45 years, 239 days
20	Roko Glasnović	2 July 1978	2 July 2005	22 January 2022	Latin Church	Croatia	45 years, 336 days
21	Eduard Kava	17 April 1978	1 June 2003	21 June 2017	Latin Church	Ukraine	46 years, 46 days
22	Imad Khoshaba Gargees	4 April 1978	8 June 2004	10 November 2023	Chaldean Catholic	Iraq/ Iran	46 years, 59 days
23	Pavlo Honcharuk	16 January 1978	22 June 2002	14 February 2020	Latin Church	Ukraine	46 years, 138 days
24	Benedek Szabolcs Fekete	17 December 1977	26 June 2002	18 April 2022	Latin Church	Hungary	46 years, 168 days
25	Moïse Tinguiano	11 December 1977	26 November 2006	27 April 2024	Latin Church	Guinea	46 years, 174 days
26	Christian Carlassare	1 October 1977	4 September 2004	25 March 2022	Latin Church	Italy/ South Sudan	46 years, 245 days
27	Elie Joseph Warde	28 September 1977	28 May 2004	18 June 2022	Syriac Catholic	Lebanon/ Egypt	46 years, 248 days
28	Mirko Štefković	24 September 1977	29 June 2006	1 June 2024	Latin Church	Serbia	46 years, 252 days
29	Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera	14 September 1977	19 March 2005	21 September 2022	Latin Church	Guatemala	46 years, 262 days
30	Flavio Pace	29 July 1977	8 June 2002	4 May 2024	Latin Church	Italy	46 years, 309 days
31	Juan Ignacio Liébana	6 June 1977	27 November 2004	2 March 2024	Latin Church	Argentina	46 years, 362 days
32	Vito Piccinonna	1 June 1977	3 September 2002	21 January 2023	Latin Church	Italy	47 years, 1 day
33	Davide Carraro	26 January 1977	27 May 2006	26 January 2024	Latin Church	Italy/ Algeria	47 years, 128 days
34	Arjan Dodaj	21 January 1977	11 May 2003	15 September 2020	Latin Church	Albania	47 years, 133 days
35	Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez	4 January 1977	27 August 2011	1 October 2022	Latin Church	Cuba	47 years, 150 days
36	Joseph A. Espaillat	27 December 1976	17 May 2003	1 March 2022	Latin Church	United States	47 years, 158 days
37	Henry Juma Odonya	10 December 1976	25 February 2006	21 January 2023	Latin Church	Kenya	47 years, 175 days
38	Waldemar Musioł	10 November 1976	2 June 2001	10 December 2022	Latin Church	Poland	47 years, 205 days
39	Cristiano Borro Barbosa	11 October 1976	22 December 2007	3 February 2024	Latin Church	Brazil/ USA	47 years, 235 days
40	Carlos Alberto Santos García	2 October 1976	15 August 2002	26 July 2023	Latin Church	Mexico	47 years, 244 days
41	Yosafat Moschych	19 September 1976	26 September 1999	3 August 2014	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	47 years, 257 days
42	Danival Milagres Coelho	4 September 1976	29 June 2002	6 April 2024	Latin Church	Brazil	47 years, 272 days
43	Volodymyr Hrutsa	19 August 1976	12 July 2001	7 April 2016	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	47 years, 288 days
44	Piotr Przyborek	28 June 1976	16 June 2001	20 August 2022	Latin Church	Poland	47 years, 340 days
45	Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda	20 June 1976	19 July 2008	5 August 2023	Latin Church	Malawi	47 years, 348 days
46	Hryhoriy Komar	19 June 1976	22 April 2001	22 August 2014	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	47 years, 349 days
47	Antony Prince Panengaden	13 May 1976	25 April 2007	29 October 2015	Syro-Malabar Catholic	India	48 years, 20 days
48	Volodymyr Firman	8 May 1976	8 October 2000	27 August 2023	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine	48 years, 25 days
49	Gjergj Meta	30 April 1976	21 April 2001	2 September 2017	Latin Church	Albania	48 years, 33 days
50	Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga	7 March 1976	14 July 2005	26 May 2024	Latin Church	Tanzania	48 years, 87 days
51	Grégoire Drouot	6 March 1976	1 July 2007	2 June 2024	Latin Church	France	48 years, 88 days
52	Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko	14 February 1976	25 July 2008	22 October 2021	Chaldean Catholic	Iraq	48 years, 109 days
53	Lénard Ndjadi Ndjate	2 January 1976	13 August 2006	13 August 2023	Latin Church	DR Congo	48 years, 152 days
54	Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa	20 November 1975	12 July 2003	20 January 2024	Latin Church	Malawi	48 years, 195 days
55	Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet	1 November 1975	26 July 2008	31 July 2022	Latin Church	Congo	48 years, 214 days
56	Andriy Rabiy	1 October 1975	19 December 2001	3 September 2017	Ukrainian Catholic	Ukraine/ Canada	48 years, 245 days
57	Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy	27 July 1975	1 August 1999	12 September 2021	Latin Church	Kazakhstan	48 years, 311 days
58	Federico Wechsung	17 July 1975	25 March 2006	15 April 2023	Latin Church	Argentina	48 years, 321 days
59	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	26 June 1975	19 March 2001	6 December 2020	Latin Church	Brazil	48 years, 342 days
60	Uladzimir Huliai	14 June 1975	26 June 1999	25 May 2024	Latin Church	Belarus	48 years, 354 days
61	Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez	1 June 1975	29 March 2003	9 December 2022	Latin Church	Colombia	49 years, 1 day
62	Jean Désiré Razafinirina	5 May 1975	10 August 2003	14 April 2024	Latin Church	Madagascar	49 years, 28 days
63	Steven Joseph Lopes	22 April 1975	23 June 2001	2 February 2016	Latin Church	USA	49 years, 41 days
64	Antônio Ederaldo de Santana	16 April 1975	22 December 2002	25 November 2023	Latin Church	Brazil	49 years, 47 days
65	Francisco Figueroa Cervantes	11 April 1975	21 June 2003	28 August 2021	Latin Church	Mexico	49 years, 52 days
66	Nicolas Lhernould	23 March 1975	22 May 2004	8 February 2020	Latin Church	France/ Tunis	49 years, 71 days
67	John Bogna Bakeni	15 March 1975	17 August 2002	7 July 2022	Latin Church	Nigeria	49 years, 79 days
68	Basilio Mamani Quispe	14 March 1975	8 May 2008	5 May 2022	Latin Church	Bolivia	49 years, 80 days
69	Cícero Alves de França	13 March 1975	7 March 2004	8 May 2022	Latin Church	Brazil	49 years, 81 days
70	Giordano Piccinotti	23 February 1975	17 June 2006	20 April 2024	Latin Church	Italy	49 years, 100 days
71	Felix Dawood Al Shabi	19 January 1975	29 June 1998	30 August 2020	Chaldean Catholic	Iraq	49 years, 135 days
72	Stephen Xu Hongwei	16 January 1975	11 July 2002	28 August 2019	Latin Church	China	49 years, 138 days
73	Reginei José Modolo	7 January 1975	8 July 2000	5 March 2023	Latin Church	Brazil	49 years, 147 days
74	Firas Dardar	3 January 1975	30 April 2009	30 October 2020	Syriac Catholic	Iraq	49 years, 151 days
75	Adam Piotr Bab	30 December 1974	22 May 1999	29 June 2020	Latin Church	Poland	49 years, 155 days
76	George Muthaka	28 December 1974	28 June 2003	7 May 2022	Latin Church	Kenya	49 years, 157 days
77	Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez	16 December 1974	14 September 2003	27 May 2023	Latin Church	Spain	49 years, 169 days
78	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo	22 November 1974	25 June 2004	4 January 2024	Latin Church	Mexico	49 years, 193 days
79	Jonáš Maxim	21 November 1974	11 July 1998	27 January 2024	Slovak Catholic	Slovakia	49 years, 194 days
80	Aurélio Pinto de Sousa	12 November 1974	12 July 2007	15 July 2023	Latin Church	Brazil	49 years, 203 days
81	Benoni Ambăruş	22 September 1974	29 June 2000	2 May 2021	Latin Church	Romania/ Italy	49 years, 254 days
82	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova	21 September 1974	26 July 2008	4 January 2020	Latin Church	Peru	49 years, 255 days
83	Loïc Lagadec	12 August 1974	26 June 2005	30 April 2023	Latin Church	France	49 years, 295 days
84	Aliaksandr Yasheuski	6 August 1974	24 June 2000	27 June 2015	Latin Church	Belarus	49 years, 301 days
85	Eusebius Jelous Nyathi	2 August 1974	17 June 2004	23 September 2023	Latin Church	Zimbabwe	49 years, 305 days
86	Adenis Roberto de Oliveira	8 July 1974	15 September 2001	11 May 2024	Latin Church	Brazil	49 years, 330 days
87	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur	29 June 1974	21 November 2000	18 June 2020	Latin Church	Colombia	49 years, 339 days
88	Massimiliano Palinuro	10 June 1974	24 April 1999	7 December 2021	Latin Church	Italy/ Turkey	49 years, 358 days
89	Giorgio Marengo	7 June 1974	24 June 2000	8 August 2020	Latin Church	Italy/ Mongolia	49 years, 361 days
90	Giovani Edgar Arana	23 May 1974	8 December 2004	25 July 2018	Latin Church	Bolivia	50 years, 10 days
91	Visvaldas Kulbokas	14 May 1974	19 July 1998	14 August 2021	Latin Church	Lithuania	50 years, 19 days
92	Erik Varden	13 May 1974	16 July 2011	3 October 2020	Latin Church	Norway	50 years, 20 days
93 / 94	Slawomir Szkredka	12 May 1974	12 January 2002	26 September 2023	Latin Church	Poland/ United States	50 years, 21 days
93 / 94	Andrea Lembo	12 May 1974	12 June 2004	16 December 2023	Latin Church	Italy/ Japan	50 years, 21 days
95	Alejandro Díaz García	1 June 1974	4 December 1999	4 May 2024	Latin Church	Colombia	50 years, 1 day
96	Leandro Maria Alves	10 May 1974	8 December 2006	21 July 2023	Latin Church	East Timor	50 years, 23 days
97	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	6 May 1974	8 May 2004	17 February 2018	Latin Church	Spain	50 years, 27 days
98	Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos	4 May 1974	29 December 2004	31 August 2019	Coptic Catholic	Egypt	50 years, 29 days
99	Joseph A. Williams	2 May 1974	28 May 2002	25 January 2022	Latin Church	United States	50 years, 31 days
100	Edmar José da Silva	19 April 1975	19 May 2001	11 May 2024	Latin Church	Brazil	49 years, 44 days

List of elected prelates to consecrate[edit]

Rank	Bishop	Date of birth	Ordained Priest	Expecting consecration	Church sui iuris	Country of origin^[b]	Age (years, days)
1	Teodor Matsapula	21 August 1981	10 February 2008	16 July 2024	Ruthenian Catholic	Ukraine	42 years, 286 days
2	Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira	28 May 1977	10 July 2002	16 July 2024	Latin Church	Brazil	47 years, 5 days
3	Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco	13 January 1976	17 November 2007	27 July 2024	Latin Church	Brazil	48 years, 141 days
4	Kendrick John Forbes	20 August 1975	11 June 2002	25 July 2024	Latin Church	Bahamas/ Dominica	48 years, 287 days
5	José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez	3 August 1975	18 June 2000	6 July 2024	Latin Church	Spain	48 years, 304 days
6	Peter Munguti Makau	6 May 1975	20 November 2004	27 July 2024	Latin Church	Kenya	49 years, 27 days
7	Manuel Baghdassarian	21 February 1975	2 September 2000	15 June 2024	Armenian Catholic	Lebanon/ USA	49 years, 102 days
8	Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola	27 November 1974	30 July 2016	14 July 2024	Latin Church	Madagascar	49 years, 188 days

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Canon 378". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ Code of Canons of Oriental Churchs (I IntraText Edition CT ed.). Èulogos SpA. 1990. Can. 180.

External links[edit]

List of prelates[edit]

Rank	Bishop	Date of birth	Ordained Priest	Consecrated Bishop	Church sui iuris	Country of origin^[a]	Age (years, days)
1	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra	1 January 1922	26 May 1946	8 September 1961	Latin Church	Mexico	102 years, 153 days
2	René Henry Gracida	9 June 1923	23 May 1959	25 January 1972	Latin Church	United States	100 years, 359 days
3	Settimio Todisco	10 May 1924	27 July 1947	15 February 1970	Latin Church	Italy	100 years, 23 days

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[3] Also added principal country of activity, if differs from bishop's country of origin.

[4] Also added principal country of expected activity, if differs from bishop elect's country of origin.

[1] "Canon 378". Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[2] Code of Canons of Oriental Churchs (I IntraText Edition CT ed.). Èulogos SpA. 1990. Can. 180.

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