Sri Lanka

Recent Bishop Events

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
19 Oct 2006	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
19 Feb 2008	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
21 Feb 2009	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
14 May 2009	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
16 Jun 2009	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
29 Apr 2010	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
20 Nov 2010	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
11 Feb 2012	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva	Titular Bishop of Lesina	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo