Bishop Joseph Ponniah

Bishop of Batticaloa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1952		Born	Thannamunai
30 Apr 1980	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
19 Feb 2008	55.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
19 Feb 2008	55.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
24 May 2008	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
3 Jul 2012	59.7	Appointed	Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Batticaloa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mario Zenari
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Ponniah (2008)
Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (1983)
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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):

b: Bollettino, 19 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ab: CB, 3 Jul 2012

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