Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph Perera

Bishop Emeritus of Galle

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1932		Born	Madampe
21 Dec 1960	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Dec 1992	60.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
17 Dec 1992	60.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala
6 Jan 1993	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala
1 Jun 1995	62.5	Appointed	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
11 Oct 2004	71.9	Resigned	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Galle.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph Perera (1993)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,946
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133

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