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Sri Lanka

Bishops By Age

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
2 Nov 1923 Archbishop Carlo CurisApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
18 Apr 1927 Bishop Leo Rajendram AntonyBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
9 Aug 1932 Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond PeirisBishop Emeritus of Kurunegala
4 Dec 1932 Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph PereraBishop Emeritus of Galle
6 Dec 1932 Archbishop Nicholas Marcus FernandoArchbishop Emeritus of Colombo
12 Dec 1932 Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman GomisArchbishop Emeritus of Colombo
2 Sep 1936 Archbishop François Robert BacquéApostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
9 Dec 1936 Bishop Joseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
13 Jul 1938 Bishop Thomas SavundaranayagamBishop of Jaffna
16 Apr 1940 Bishop Rayappu JosephBishop of Mannar
26 Jun 1941 Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanApostolic Nuncio to Algeria
11 Oct 1941 Bishop Vincent Marius Joseph PeirisAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
5 Aug 1942 Archbishop Osvaldo PadillaApostolic Nuncio to Korea
6 Aug 1942 Bishop Joseph Vianney FernandoBishop of Kandy
16 Jan 1945 Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.Bishop of Badulla
5 Jan 1946 Archbishop Mario ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Syria
6 Sep 1947 Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.Bishop of Ratnapura
15 Nov 1947 Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige DonArchbishop of Colombo
30 Aug 1949 Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.Bishop of Anuradhapura
9 Jun 1951 Bishop Harold Anthony PereraBishop of Kurunegala
12 Oct 1952 Bishop Joseph PonniahAuxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
21 May 1958 Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence MendisBishop of Chilaw
20 May 1959 Archbishop Joseph SpiteriApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
25 Nov 1959 Father Ivan Tilak JayasunderaFormer Bishop-Elect of Ratnapura

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