Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1931		Born
22 Dec 1956	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
6 Jul 1965	33.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
6 Jul 1965	33.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oliva
19 Aug 1965	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oliva
8 Jun 1968	36.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
27 Dec 1972	41.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
19 Oct 2006	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
24 Aug 2009	77.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Frank Marcus Fernando
(VIAF: 255692614; WikiData: Q1443726)
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando (born 19 Oct 1931, died 24 Aug 2009) Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Ad Limina - May 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Tamita-Negombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon
Ordained Bishop Colombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon

a priest for 52.6 years
a bishop for 44.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Chilaw
Bishop Anthony de Saram †
Bishop of Galle

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946)
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. (1980)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. † (1982)
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (2005)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † (1967)
Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony † (1968)
Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam (1981)
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. (2004)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 19 Oct 2006
d: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 61

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