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Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	La Biolle, Archdiocese of Chambéry, France
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Colombo, Archdiocese of Colombo
Death Place	Colombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon

a priest for 46.0 years a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † Titular Archbishop of Salamis Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † Bishop of Jaffna Bishop Nicola Laudadio, S.J. † Bishop of Galle

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: 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

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † (1940)

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