| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| 2 Apr 2005 | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis | Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw | Bishop |
| 10 Dec 2005 | 58.1 | Appointed | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo |
| 20 Jan 2006 | 46.2 | Appointed | Ivan Tilak Jayasundera | Bishop of Ratnapura | Former Bishop-Elect |
| 6 Jul 2006 | 46.6 | Resigned | Ivan Tilak Jayasundera | Bishop-Elect of Ratnapura | Former Bishop-Elect |
| 19 Oct 2006 | 75.0 | Retired | Frank Marcus Fernando † | Bishop of Chilaw | Bishop Emeritus |
| 48.4 | Succeeded | Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis | Bishop of Chilaw |
| 4 May 2007 | 59.7 | Appointed | Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. | Bishop of Ratnapura |
| 11 Jul 2007 | 59.8 | Ordained Bishop | Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. | Bishop of Ratnapura |
| 28 Jul 2007 | 59.9 | Installed | Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. | Bishop of Ratnapura |
| 10 Oct 2007 | 73.1 | Died | Ambrose Battista De Paoli † | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia |
| 19 Feb 2008 | 55.4 | Appointed | Joseph Ponniah | Auxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa |
| 55.4 | Appointed | Joseph Ponniah | Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania | Auxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa |
| 12 Apr 2008 | 65.7 | Appointed | Osvaldo Padilla | Apostolic Nuncio to Korea |
| 26 Apr 2008 | 65.7 | Appointed | Osvaldo Padilla | Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia | Apostolic Nuncio to Korea |
| 24 May 2008 | 55.6 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Ponniah | Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania | Auxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa |
| 30 Dec 2008 | 63.0 | Appointed | Mario Zenari | Apostolic Nuncio to Syria |
| 21 Feb 2009 | 49.8 | Appointed | Joseph Spiteri | Titular Archbishop of Serta | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka |
| 49.8 | Appointed | Joseph Spiteri | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka |
| 14 May 2009 | 76.8 | Retired | Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris | Bishop of Kurunegala | Bishop Emeritus |
| 57.9 | Appointed | Harold Anthony Perera | Bishop of Kurunegala |
| 24 May 2009 | 50.0 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Spiteri | Titular Archbishop of Serta | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka |
| 16 Jun 2009 | 76.5 | Retired | Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis | Archbishop of Colombo | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 61.6 | Appointed | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo |
| 5 Aug 2009 | 61.7 | Installed | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo |
| 25 Aug 2009 | 77.8 | Died | Frank Marcus Fernando † | Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw |
| 29 Apr 2010 | 69.4 | Appointed | Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan |
| 69.4 | Appointed | Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. | Titular Bishop of Thimida | Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan |
| 16 Jul 2010 | 69.7 | Ordained Bishop | Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. | Titular Bishop of Thimida | Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan |
| 20 Nov 2010 | 63.0 | Appointed | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo |
| 63.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo |
| 13 Feb 2011 | 63.2 | Installed | Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo |
| 27 May 2011 | 48.7 | Appointed | Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe | Bishop of Galle |
| 31 Aug 2011 | 49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe | Bishop of Galle |
| 28 Nov 2011 | 63.5 | Appointed | Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo |
| 63.5 | Appointed | Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando | Titular Bishop of Horta | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo |
| 58.2 | Appointed | Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo |
| 58.2 | Appointed | Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva | Titular Bishop of Lesina | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo |
| 15 Dec 2011 | 75.3 | Retired | François Robert Bacqué | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus |
| 11 Feb 2012 | 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando | Titular Bishop of Horta | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo |
| 58.4 | Ordained Bishop | Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva | Titular Bishop of Lesina | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo |