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Oldest and Youngest Bishops

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
9 Dec 1936 Bishop Joseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee
13 Jul 1938 Bishop Thomas Emmanuel SavundaranayagamBishop Emeritus of Jaffna
26 Jun 1941 Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Algeria
5 Aug 1942 Archbishop Osvaldo PadillaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Korea
6 Aug 1942 Bishop Joseph Vianney FernandoBishop Emeritus of Kandy
16 Jan 1945 Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.Bishop Emeritus of Badulla
5 Jan 1946 Mario Cardinal ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Syria
6 Sep 1947 Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura
15 Nov 1947 Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige DonArchbishop of Colombo
13 May 1948 Bishop Justin Bernard GnanapragasamBishop of Jaffna
20 May 1948 Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel FernandoBishop of Mannar
15 Apr 1949 Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn TốtApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sri Lanka
Youngest
5 May 1970 Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta SilvaBishop of Badulla
23 Jan 1969 Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy JayasuriyaBishop of Chilaw
23 Sep 1966 Bishop Anton Ranjith PillainayagamAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
19 Jul 1964 Archbishop Brian UdaigweApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
31 Aug 1962 Bishop Raymond Kingsley WickramasingheBishop of Galle
25 Dec 1960 Bishop Christian Noel EmmanuelBishop of Trincomalee
20 May 1959 Archbishop Joseph SpiteriApostolic Nuncio to México
2 Oct 1958 Bishop Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton JayakodyAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
21 May 1958 Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence MendisBishop of Kandy
27 Sep 1953 Bishop Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville SilvaAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
12 Oct 1952 Bishop Joseph PonniahBishop of Batticaloa
9 Jun 1951 Bishop Harold Anthony PereraBishop of Kurunegala

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