Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1931		Born	Tamita-Negombo
22 Dec 1956	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
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	41.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
19 Oct 2006	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
25 Aug 2009	77.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 44.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †
Bishop Anthony de Saram †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando † (1965)
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946)
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †
Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony
Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.

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