Bishop Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jul 1925		Born	Dehiwela
16 Mar 1951	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
20 Dec 1975	50.4	Appointed	Prefect of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
18 Mar 1982	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
10 Jul 1982	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
2 Nov 1995	70.3	Resigned	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
17 Apr 2000	74.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. † (1982)
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando (1965)
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 †

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