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Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Events

a priest for 59.3 years a bishop for 42.6 years a cardinal for 23.7 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946) Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931) Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918) Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907) Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884) Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762) Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743) Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724) Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest: Bishop Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Anthony de Saram † Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando Bishop Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando Bishop Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †

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