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=General= Catholic Church has 5542 prelates as per 21 July 2024 (353 of them are Eastern Catholic hierarchs, also here are included 88 prelates at the Continental China)

Orthodox Church has 1176 prelates as per 21 July 2024

=Prelates=

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). 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).