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Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya

Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Negombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon
Ordained Bishop	In Front of, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Cathedral, Chilaw, Diocese of Chilaw

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Chilaw. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis Bishop of Kandy Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Brian Udaigwe Titular Archbishop of Suelli Bishop Harold Anthony Perera Bishop of Kurunegala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (2005) Bishop of Kandy Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando † (1965) Bishop of Chilaw 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

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